Will bez, junior, and i guiding the discussion this afternoon. A theme that is central to the idea of remaking american political history. This is not to say that no one has ever thought of or written about latinos in American History. In fact, the conversation follows in the footsteps of many major works and scholars. Instead, it is about rethinking what political historians Pay Attention to. In an earlier panel, we asked an essential question. There was 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. To the development of modern american democracy. Forged in the fire of 19th matury warfare, boosted by by migration, latinos have been part and parcel of modern america social fabric with well over 150 years of history in the United States. Latinos have made an indelible mark in u. S. Politics. Be it in the early legislative history of the southwest territories as founders o
Let me just tell you that its a great pleasure to be invited here and part of this event. It is a distinct pleasure to be surrounded by so many hoovers. Ive never seen so many hoover s in one place. It looks like we are complete. We start this segment in the summer of 1921 and in that summer, soviet russia is the scene of a catastrophic famine, as george nash mentioned earlier, and millions are threatened with starvation and disease, most of them, as you will see any moment ill have a map up, situated in and beyond the vulgar river valley. The soviet government is unable to cope with the disaster on its own, so it is forced to allow an appeal to go out for and assistance and in that day, there is only one man on the planet in a position to answer that call, and that is the man that you see year, Herbert Hoover. As chairman of the American Relief administration, the ara. As george nash told us, the ara is a private relief organization, Relief Agency but i would say for this part of the
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Olson as we talk about the battleground states in 2020. What are the lessons for democrats and republicans as they gear up for the Fall Campaign . Well, pennsylvania is going to be a very close state. Again, 2016 was a long night. We had a final vote margin in the president ial race of 44,000 votes. He was able to flip some democratic areas that previously had supported barack obama, including the county in our area in lehigh valley. And those were pretty pivotal changes. To the southeast and part of the state that had been slowly suburban areas moving toward democrats and in the ensuing local elections, democrats had picked up some local races there and also sent four Democratic Women who did not previously have any women and it was a boost. Its an interesting environment on the ground right now to see where voters are leaning, heading into 2020. Of course, pennsylvania joining michigan and wisconsin in the socalled blue wall for the democrats. So, looking at 2020 with joe biden, from