Upcoming Events at Matheson History Museum
Thu Oct 13, 7:00 PM - Thu Oct 13, 9:00 PM
513 E University Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601
Community: Gainesville
Description
Dr. Paul Ortiz will discuss his book "An African American and Latinx History of the United States."
Event Details
How does US history look when we place Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa at the center of the story between 1776 to present? How does our understandings of the national narrative change when we juxtapose the American Revolution with the Haitian Revolution and the Mexican War of Independence? Dr. Paul Ortiz will be answering these questions and more when he discusses his book An African American and Latinx History of the United States. Admission is free but registration is required.
For the safety of staff and attendees, capacity will be limited to 100 people and masks are required. A virtual option via Zoom is available for those who cannot attend in person: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PUUCLaMHRoKN_pd8sHwRnw.
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.
For the safety of staff and attendees, capacity will be limited to 100 people and masks are required. A virtual option via Zoom is available for those who cannot attend in person: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PUUCLaMHRoKN_pd8sHwRnw.
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.
