Benjamin Francis-Fallon is Associate Historian of the US House of Representatives. He was formerly Associate Professor of History at Western Carolina University, where he taught courses on United States political, immigration, and Latino history. He is the winner of The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens' inaugural Shapiro Book Prize for The Rise of the Latino Vote: A History.
Shows how Latinx voters helped change not only the Democratic and
Republican parties but also the egalitarian and internationalist
politics of the American left…Francis-Fallon’s story of how Latinx
voters and organizers helped shape a nationwide agenda is also
telling for the present moment.
*The Nation*
[Has] a narrative brilliance that keeps the reader engaged through
twists and turns by political leaders in South Texas, East Los
Angeles, and East Harlem…Should be required reading for students of
Mexican American history, state and national politicians, and
anyone interested in understanding the significant role that
Latinos have played, and continue to play, in Texas and national
politics.
*Southwestern Historical Quarterly*
Francis-Fallon’s history of Latinx political power examines the
elusive idea of a unified vote, while detailing how activists,
laborers, and officeholders have nevertheless influenced American
politics for decades.
*Commonweal*
Timely, well-researched, and important, The Rise of the Latino Vote
is the best book yet on the history of Latino politics.
*Geraldo Cadava, author of Standing on Common Ground*
The Rise of the Latino Vote presents a powerful and expansive
narrative about the creation of Latino politics at the national
level, a process that was piecemeal and always contested.
Francis-Fallon has written an enormously impressive book that fills
a yawning hole in historical scholarship on Latino politics.
*Lorrin Thomas, author of Puerto Rican Citizen*
Deeply researched and powerfully written, The Rise of the Latino
Vote for the first time connects the first rumblings of Viva
Kennedy in the Southwest to the organizing of Puerto Ricans in New
York City and then to the Cuban-led Reagan Revolution, explaining
as never before how America’s now largest, most diverse minority
group came to be—and the influence it will continue to wield in the
future. This masterful dive into the thorny history of Latino
politics will be required reading for years to come.
*Max Krochmal, author of Blue Texas*
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