An African American and Latinx History of the United States

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Spanning more than two hundred years, An African American and Latinx History of the United States is a revolutionary, politically charged narrative history, arguing that the “Global South” was crucial to the development of America as we know it. Scholar and activist Paul Ortiz challenges the notion of westward progress as exalted by widely taught formulations like “manifest destiny” and “Jacksonian democracy,” and shows how placing African American, Latinx, and Indigenous voices unapologetically front and center transforms US history into one of the working class organizing against imperialism. Title Page Dedication Contents Author’s Note Introduction: “Killed Helping Workers to Organize” Reenvisioning American History Chapter 1: The Haitian Revolution and the Birth of Emancipatory Internationalism, 1770s to 1820s Chapter 2: The Mexican War of Independence and US History Anti-Imperialism as a Way of Life, 1820s to 1850s Chapter 3: “To Break the Fetters of Slaves All Over the World” The Internationalization of the Civil War, 1850s to 1865 Chapter 4: Global Visions of Reconstruction The Cuban Solidarity Movement, 1860s to 1890s Chapter 5: Waging War on the Government of American Banks in the Global South, 1890s to 1920s Chapter 6: Forgotten Workers of America Racial Capitalism and the War on the Working Class, 1890s to 1940s Chapter 7: Emancipatory Internationalism vs. the American Century, 1945 to 1960s Chapter 8: El Gran Paro Estadounidense The Rebirth of the American Working Class, 1970s to The Present Epilogue: A New Origin Narrative of American History Acknowledgments A Note on Sources Notes Index About the Author Copyright