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Armando Ramirez, Pioneering Labor and Political Leader
Armando Ramirez was one of the most important Latino leaders in the US during the 1930s and 1940s. His career had an amazing trajectory and it is one of the great untold stories. I was writing a book based on … Continue reading
Posted in Activist Profiles, Elected Officials, Northeast, Presidential Politics, Unions
Tagged CIO, Communist Party, President, Roosevelt, UCAPAWA/FTA
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Maida Springer, Pioneer Latina Labor Leader
Maida Springer was a Panama-born labor leader in New York who ran for office and championed civil rights. Continue reading
Posted in Activist Profiles, Northeast, Unions
Tagged American Labor Party, ILGWU, Liberal Party
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Humphrey Reached Out to Latinos and Ethnic Americans
Latinos were part of the 1968 Hubert Humphrey campaign from its inception. In the campaign, Humphrey sought to reassemble a multiethnic coalition as had Roosevelt and Kennedy. Continue reading
Posted in California, Midwest, Northeast, Presidential Politics, South
Tagged GI Forum, Hubert Humphrey, LBJ
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