Table of Contents
1 African American and Latino/a Activism(s) and Relations: An Introduction Brian D. Behnken 1
2 From the "Next Best Thing to One of Us" to "One of Us": Edward Roybal, Gilbert Lindsay, and Racial Politics in Los Angeles in the 1950s and 1960s Kevin Allen Leonard 20
3 Civil Rights "beyond the Fields": African American and Mexican American Civil Rights Activism in Bakersfield, California, 1947-1964 Oliver A. Rosales 42
4 Beyond 1959: Cuban Exiles, Race, and Miami's Black Freedom Struggle Chanelle Nyree Rose 63
5 Internationalizing Civil Rights: Afro-Cubans, African Americans, and the Problem of Global Apartheid Mark Malisa 86
6 "We Need to Unite with as Many People as Possible": The Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party and the Young Lords Organization in Chicago Jakobi Williams 105
7 "A Common Citizenship of Freedom": What Black Power Taught Chicago's Puerto Rican Independentistas Dan Berger 127
8 "Justice Now! ¡Justicia Ahora!": African American-Puerto Rican Radicalism in Camden, New Jersey Laurie Lahey 152
9 Forgotten Residents Fighting Back: The Ludlow Community Association and Neighborhood Improvement in Philadelphia Alyssa Ribeiro 172
10 The Next Struggle: African American and Latino/a Collaborative Activism in the Post-Civil Rights Era Brian D. Behnken 195
11 Rainbow Reformers: Black-Brown Activism and the Election of Harold Washington Gordon Mantler 217
12 Southern Solidarities: U.S. Civil Rights and Latin American Social Movements in the Nuevo South Hannah Gill 241
Contributors 263
Index 265
