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Latinos’ Campaign for Barry Goldwater
Mexican Americans and Cuban Americans participated in the ill-dated Barry Goldwater campaign. Continue reading
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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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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