Saturday, January 4, 2:30–4:30 p.m.

American Historical Association Annual Meeting Sessions

97. Minorities and American Liberalism

Palmer House, Clark Room 5

Chair: José O. Solá, Cleveland State University

Papers: The New Deal as a Development Project: The Implementation of the Puerto Rico Emergency Relief Administration in Puerto Rico
Manuel R. Rodriguez-Vazquez, University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras

Escaping the Bottom Rung: Federal Influence and the Battle between Los Angeles' African American and Mexican Communities for Recognition, Representation, and Resources
Heather R. Parker, Hofstra University

Mexican American Strategy, Chicano Consciousness, and the Great Society in the Creation of the Bilingual Education Act
Carlos Kevin Blanton, Texas A&M University

Comment: George Lipsitz, University of California at San Diego

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