LatinXpression Series: Making Mexican Chicago

Join us for a conversation with author and Assistant Professor of History Mike Amezcua on Tuesday, November 16 at 6pm! 

His upcoming book, Making Mexican Chicago, discusses how the Windy City became a Mexican metropolis in the second half of the twentieth century. In the decades after World War II, working-class Chicago neighborhoods like Pilsen and Little Village became sites of upheaval and renewal as Mexican immigrants and Mexican Americans attempted to build new communities in the face of white resistance and racial capitalism that cast them as perpetual aliens. Dr. Amezcua charts the diverse strategies used by Mexican Chicagoans to fight the forces of segregation, economic predation, and gentrification in their struggle to achieve political power and control the fate of their neighborhoods.

This is a hybrid event with the option to attend in-person or online. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, seats to attend the event will be limited and masks required. Registration to attend virtually or in-person is required for all attendees. Space is limited!

Photo credit: Edward Weston (1981)