This course will examine the emergence and evolution of urban political activism by Latinos in the United States from the early 1900s to the present. We will begin with the impact of U.S. imperial expansion and colonialism (1848-present) and then track the emergence of Pan-Latinx identities and political coalitions between Latinx, African Americans, and other ethnic groups. Topics include urban political manifestations of the following: civil rights movements, labor and student movements, struggles for gender and sexual liberation, immigration policies, citizenship, voting rights, electoral representation, cultural citizenship, urban renewal, gentrification, and "the right to the city.” This course features various U.S. cities with these interactions political activism with urban policy and planning to consider equitable alternatives in the past and present.
- Profesor: Robert Cotto, Jr.