Category Archives: South
Senator Mel Martinez and GOP Moderates
New biography on former Senator Mel Martinez from Florida tells a wonderful personal story and provides a powerful warning to the Republican Party on why they have trouble courting Hispanics. Continue reading
On Becoming Cuban
Louis A. Pérez Jr.’s On Becoming Cuban: Identity, Nationality, and Culture is masterful social history that sheds light on Cuban Americans who served as elected and appointed officials in Florida and other states. Continue reading
Posted in Books, Elected Officials, South
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Hispanic Americans and the Spanish Civil War
Hispanic Americans have received little if any mention in most accounts of the Spanish Civil War (1936–39). U.S. volunteers of Spanish, Cuban, and Puerto Rican heritage fought in the civil war, along with a smaller number of Mexican Americans. Continue reading
Posted in California, Northeast, South
Tagged Communist Party, El Congreso, Spanish Civil War, UCAPAWA/FTA
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