TCBHGS- Quarterly Between the Lines Book Club will feature books and topics related to the interpretation of the African American Experience
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TCBHGS Between The Lines Virtual Book Club

Join us for the TCBHGS Between The Lines Virtual Book Club - a fun and interactive online event for bookworms of! Whether you're a fan of thrillers, romance, or fantasy, this book club has something for everyone. Connect with fellow book lovers worldwide as we dive into captivating stories and engage in lively discussions.

Our virtual book club offers the perfect opportunity to explore new genres, discover hidden literary gems, and share your thoughts on the latest bestsellers. No need to worry about traffic or dressing up - simply grab your favorite beverage, cozy up on your couch, and get ready to embark on a literary adventure from the comfort of your own home!

Quarterly, we'll select a featured book for the club to read. Through our virtual meetings, you'll have the chance to meet your peers, ask burning questions, and gain unique insights into the writing process. Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity to connect with fellow book enthusiasts and expand your literary horizons. Join the TCBHGS Between The Lines Virtual Book Club today!

April Book:

An African American and Latinx History of the United States

By Paul Ortiz

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.
Drawing on rich narratives and primary source documents, Ortiz links racial segregation in the Southwest and the rise and violent fall of a powerful tradition of Mexican labor organizing in the twentieth century, to May 1, 2006, known as International Workers’ Day, when migrant laborers—Chicana/os, Afrocubanos, and immigrants from every continent on earth—united in resistance on the first “Day Without Immigrants.” As African American civil rights activists fought Jim Crow laws and Mexican labor organizers warred against the suffocating grip of capitalism, Black and Spanish-language newspapers, abolitionists, and Latin American revolutionaries coalesced around movements built between people from the United States and people from Central America and the Caribbean. In stark contrast to the resurgence of “America First” rhetoric, Black and Latinx intellectuals and organizers today have historically urged the United States to build bridges of solidarity with the nations of the Americas.
Incisive and timely, this bottom-up history, told from the interconnected vantage points of Latinx and African Americans, reveals the radically different ways that people of the diaspora have addressed issues still plaguing the United States today, and it offers a way forward in the continued struggle for universal civil rights.