Author Archives: Ken
Clinton Jencks and Mexican American Miners in New Mexico
A bool review for James J. Lorence’s Palomino: Clinton Jencks and Mexican-American Unionism in the American Southwest. Jencks is credited for empowering subjugated Mexican American hard-rock miners in Grant County, New Mexico. Continue reading
Posted in Books, Southwest, Unions
Tagged CIO, Cold War, Communist Party, Henry Wallace, IUMMSW
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New Look at Latinos Backing Ronald Reagan in 1966
Renewed attention to Ronald Reagan’s appeal to Latino voters in California in 1966. Continue reading
Posted in Activist Profiles, California
Tagged Pat Brown, Republicans, Ronald Reagan
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Jose Gonzalez: Tampa Postmaster
President John F. Kennedy named postal clerk Jose Gonzalez, an activist in Viva Kennedy, as the first Spanish-speaking postmaster of Tampa, Florida. Continue reading
Posted in Activist Profiles, South
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