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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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From the Barrio to Washington (Via Sacramento)
Armando Rodriguez was one of the most important early Mexican American civic leaders. From the Barrio to Washington: An Educator’s Journey is an inspiring story. Continue reading
Posted in Activist Profiles, Books, California, Unions, Veterans
Tagged CSO, JFK, Jimmy Carter, LBJ, MAPA, UCAPAWA/FTA
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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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