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SUMMARY:Social Change, Faith, and the Making of Latino Chicago
DESCRIPTION:Featured writers: Lilia Fernández and Felipe Hinojosa\nFelipe Hinojosa, author of Apostles of Change: Latino Radical Politics, Church Occupations, and the Fight to Save the Barrio (and also co-editor of Faith and Power: Latino Religious Politics Since 1945) and Lilia Fernández, author of Brown in the Windy City: Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in Postwar Chicago, explore the intertwined histories of Latino faith, politics, and community formation in postwar Chicago and beyond. This program is presented in partnership with the Newberry.\nThis program is also presented in conjunction with the American Writers Museum’s special exhibit American Prophets: Writers, Religion, and Culture, a powerful exhibit that takes you on the ultimate exploration through spirituality and storytelling. American Prophets is now on display at the AWM. American Prophets is supported by a grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. through its Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative.\nBook signing times (all signings take place in the First Floor Lobby of the library)\n🖊️Lilia Fernández: 3:30 – 3:50\n🖊️Felipe Hinojosa: 3:30 – 3:50\n\nFULL SCHEDULE ( https://americanwritersmuseum.org/american-writers-festival/schedule/ )\nAbout the writers:\nLILIA FERNÁNDEZ is professor of history at University of Illinois Chicago, where her current research continues to examine Latino history in the Chicago area, focusing on cross-ethnic interactions among Latinos, their labor politics, class dynamics, activism, and strategic articulations of a panethnic identity.\nFELIPE HINOJOSA, John and Nancy Jackson Endowed Chair in Latin America and Professor of History at Baylor University, is currently working on a book on the Latinx civil rights movement and its role in shaping American democracy in the post-World War II era.\nFounded in 1887, THE NEWBERRY is one of Chicago’s most historic cultural institutions. Curious people from all over visit to research topics of interest, discover their family history, take classes, or learn something new and unexpected. The Newberry fosters a deeper understanding of our world by inspiring research and learning in the humanities and encouraging conversations about ideas that matter to diverse audiences. Their mission is rooted in a growing and accessible collection of rare and historical materials that spans more than six centuries of human experience. Learn more and explore here.\nBooks by these writers:\n\nApostles of Change: Latino Radical Politics, Church Occupations, and the Fight to Save the Barrio\nby Felipe Hinojosa\nUnraveling the intertwined histories of Latino radicalism and religion in urban America, this book examines how Latino activists transformed churches into staging grounds for protest against urban renewal and displacement.\n\nBrown in the Windy City: Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in Postwar Chicago\nby Lilia Fernández\n\nBrown in the Windy City is the first history to examine the migration and settlement of Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in postwar Chicago. Lilia Fernández reveals how the two populations arrived in Chicago in the midst of tremendous social and economic change and, in spite of declining industrial employment and massive urban renewal projects, managed to carve out a geographic and racial place in one of America’s great cities. Through their experiences in the city’s central neighborhoods over the course of these three decades, Fernández demonstrates how Mexicans and Puerto Ricans collectively articulated a distinct racial position in Chicago, one that was flexible and fluid, neither black nor white.\n\n
URL:https://americanwritersmuseum.org/program-calendar/american-writers-festival-social-change-faith-and-the-making-of-latino-chicago/
CATEGORIES:American Prophets,American Writers Festival,History & Bio,Latinx Voices
LOCATION:Harold Washington Library Center
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