Morning, an essential question was asked about the segregation of american political history in which there is a real barrier to what organizations and individuals are labeled as political or diplomatic actors. In a similar vein, this panel seeks to shift the conversation toward a decemb discourse that s latinos as central rather than peripheral to the development of modern american democracy. Forged in the fire of 19th century warfare, boosted by constant mass migration throughout the 20th, latinos have been part and parcel of modern americas social fabric. With well over 150 years of history in the United States, latinos have made an indelible mark on u. S. Politics. Be it in the early legislative histories in the southwest territories, as founders of longstanding civic and political organizations, in the protest movements in the 1960s, or 70s, or as voters, latinos have made u. S. Politics their own. Yet in reading the major synthetic works of american political history or examining
Barack obama talks about the daytoday workings of the presidency including history making about what he witnessed exploring the american story watch American History tv saturday o cspan2 and fd a full schedule under Program Guide or watch online anytime at cspan. Org history. Lynn hudson is a professor of history and affiliate faculty member of black Student University of illinois at chicago Peer Research focus the study of race and gender on the u. S. West. Shes the author of a black entrepreneur who in 19th century San Francisco which was awarded the prize from the western association of womennt historians. She was a fellow at the huntington library. Her new book is west of jim crow the fight against californias color line which covers a history of discrimination White Supremacy in california. You for being with us peer ongoing handed over to you and i will see you again for q a with the audience at the end. Thank you so much. I am just so happy to be here. Let me just get this going
History of police violence. Founded with the idea to create ideal communities. With colonialism. End to keep them out and a the mexican migrants. And then we will police the archimedes in ways. I am not doing now hear anything wrong. That was the capital of the United States with mass incarceration is mass elimination. And they have failed in the attempt so in all communities from here in los angeles. You saw a promotional trailer for this book city of inmates conquest, rebellion, and the rise of human caging in los angeles, 17711965 and Kelly Hernandez is the author. Was the angeles is of largest prison population in the world. My goal was to excavate how that came to be. It is a much deeper story. With the era of mass imprisonment since 1955 but it goes much deeper by the Spanish Colonial period so here in conquest in the american west. I do you define the prison population . I did not generate that statistic but the largest local jail population into have many other municipal jails
You teach. I teach coreses enslaverry and courses on womens holiday and interracial dynamics. Hang how youve been at ucla. For 26 years. How has it changed. Changed tremendously. Has grown in student population, grown in the kind students we have. Its grown the kinds of faculty we have and the kinds of things we focus on, particularly in history department, which is of course where my heart and is my mind is as well. Its been a wonderful time here, though, just seeing the change and being part of it. Host you came the year before the l. A. Riots. Guest i did come the year before the l. A. Riots. It was quite a shock to move from texas, where i was, having been born and raised in virginia, and coming here and being part of that. Host have you written about that . Guest yes i have. I was so impacted wrote a book, about the l. A. Riots of 1992. I wrote a book that was published at the University Press in 2013. Host who was latasha harlan. Guest a 15yearold girl who walked into a liquor ma
Outsiders out of this mythical community. Native people, poor, white itinerant many, chinese immigrants, a series of new laws such as criminalizing illegal spray. This fantasy surveillance,. We act like we havent had a long history of violence and murders in this country. Los angeles was founded by a racial fantasy that the idea of creating idyllic white, reproductive, exclusive communities on the land. Kelly hernandez is the author. What is your goal with this book . That is a good question. Los angeles is the largest prison population in the world. Why goal was to excavate why that came to be. And . It is a much deeper story than any of us assume. We have the area of mass imprisonment but this story runs deeper back to the Spanish Colonial and mexican period and early years of u. S. Conquest in the american west. Lets go forward. How do you define largest prison population . So, that is a statistic that i did not generate but it looks at the jail population in los angeles. What is in