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  • "Vote here" sign in English and Spanish.

    Chasing the “Latino Vote”

    Political campaigns have often misunderstood Latino voters, oversimplifying their diversity and facing challenges in outreach and engagement.
    by Mike Amezcua via Perspectives on History on October 30, 2024
  • Anita Villarreal with a campaigning Richard J. Daley

    The US Arrested Her—Then She Changed Chicago

    In the 1960s, Chicago’s white neighborhoods didn’t want Mexican Americans moving in. But one determined real estate broker changed everything.
    by Mike Amezcua via Public Books on February 28, 2022
  • Cover of "Making Mexican Chicago", featuring a photo of a protest march.

    "Making Mexican Chicago"

    How the Windy City became a Latinx metropolis in the second half of the twentieth century.
    by Mike Amezcua via The Chicago Blog on February 16, 2022
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    Thirty Years After Mount Pleasant Erupted, a Push for Better Treatment Persists

    American policy continues to create problems for Central American refugees.
    by Mike Amezcua via Made By History on May 5, 2021
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Making Mexican Chicago: From Postwar Settlement to the Age of Gentrification
Mike Amezcua
2022
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Mexican American men standing near a mural and a low rider car in Chicago in 1987.

The Past and Future of Mexican Chicago

From the machine politicians in La Villita to the radicals in Pilsen, Mexican Chicagoans have played a central role in defining their city. 
by Juan Ignacio Mora via The Nation on January 10, 2023
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