Social Change, Faith, and the Making of Latino Chicago
Featured writers: Lilia Fernández and Felipe Hinojosa
Felipe 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.
This 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.
Book signing times (all signings take place in the First Floor Lobby of the library)
🖊️Lilia Fernández: 3:30 – 3:50
🖊️Felipe Hinojosa: 3:30 – 3:50
About the writers:
LILIA 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.
FELIPE 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.
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Apostles of Change: Latino Radical Politics, Church Occupations, and the Fight to Save the Barrio
by Felipe Hinojosa
Unraveling 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.
Brown in the Windy City: Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in Postwar Chicago
by Lilia Fernández