Latinos and the Liberal City: Politics and Protest in San Francisco

326 Pages·2019·3.6 MB·English

by  Eduardo Contreras

Latinos and the Liberal City
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POLITICS AND CULTURE IN MODERN AMERICA
Series Editors:
Margot Canaday, Glenda Gilmore, Matthew Lassiter, Stephen Pitti, Thomas J. Sugrue
Volumes in the series narrate and analyze political and social change in the
broadest dimensions from 1865 to the present, including ideas about the ways
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series is motivated by a desire to reverse the fragmentation of modern U.S. history
and to encourage synthetic perspectives on social movements and the state, on
gender, race, and labor, and on intellectual history and popular culture.
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LATINOS
AND THE
LIBERAL CITY
Politics and Protest
in San Francisco
Eduardo Contreras
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESS
PHILADELPHIA
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ISBN 978- 0- 8122- 5112- 8
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CONTENTS
List of Abbreviations vii
Introduction. Latinos, Liberalism, Latinidad 1
Chapter 1. El Público Latino: Community Life
in the Early Twentieth Century 15
Chapter 2. La Lucha Obrera: Mass Action and Inclusion
in the Progressive Labor Movement 45
Chapter 3. “Big Jobs to Do”: Economic Security,
Electoral Politics, and Civil Rights Liberalism 70
Chapter 4. “Taking Latin Americans into Account”: Civic Action,
the State, and the Promotion of Latinidad 102
Chapter 5. “The Color of Citizen Participation”:
Community Control and the Contest over Great Society Liberalism 132
Chapter 6. “Oppressed by Our Latino Culture”:
Tradition and Liberation During the Sexual Revolution 178
Chapter 7. “We Must Unite with All Struggling People”:
Gentrification, Gay Rights, and Neighborhood Politics 213
Epilogue 249
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vi Contents
Notes 257
Index 299
Acknowledgments 311
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ABBREVIATIONS
AASF Archives of the Archdiocese of San Francisco
ACWU Alaska Cannery Workers Union
AFL American Federation of Labor
ANMA Asociación Nacional Mexico Americana
ASFBS Archives of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors
BACABI Bay Area Committee Against the Briggs Initiative
BAGL Bay Area Gay Liberation
BANC Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
BAR Bay Area Reporter
BART Bay Area Rapid Transit
CALA Centro Activista Latino Americano
CAP Community Action Program
CBPOD California Ballot Propositions Online Database
CCSS Catholic Council for the Spanish Speaking
CCU Council for Civic Unity
CDA city demonstration agency
CIO Congress of Industrial Organizations
CPWU Cannery and Preserve Workers Union
CSO Community Service Organization
CSS Catholic Social Service
CUAP Citizens United Against Poverty
CWU Cannery Workers Union
El Congreso Congress of Spanish Speaking Peoples
ED El Democrata
EM El Mundo
EOC Economic Opportunity Council
ET El Tecolote
FEP fair employment practices
FEPC Fair Employment Practices Commission
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viii Abbreviations
FRP Family Rehabilitation Program
GALA Gay Latino Alliance
GLBTHS Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Historical Society of
Northern California
GMCC Greater Mission Citizens Council
HA Hispano América
HRSG Housing Rights Study Group
HUD U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
IHRC Immigration History Research Center, University of
Minnesota, Minneapolis
IISF International Institute of San Francisco
ILA International Longshoremen’s Association
ILGWU International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union
ILWU International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
LaC La Crónica
LAPV Lesbians Against Police Violence
LARC Labor Archives and Research Center, San Francisco State
University
LaREAL La Raza En Acciόn Local
LAT Los Angeles Times
LATA Latin American Teachers Association
LC Labor Clarion
LGA Lesbian and Gay Action
LH Labor Herald
LO Lucha Obrera
LSDC Los Siete Defense Committee
LULAC League of United Latin American Citizens
MAC Mission Anti- Displacement Coalition
MACAB Mission Area Community Action Board
MACAP Mission Area Community Action Program
MAOC Mission Area Organization Committee
MAPA Mexican American Political Association
MCO Mission Coalition Organization
MCOR Mission Council on Redevelopment
MCS Marine Cooks and Stewards Union
MDC Mission Defense Committee
MDRC Mission District Renewal Commission
MFC Movimiento Familiar Cristiano
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Abbreviations ix
MFP Maritime Federation of the Pacific
MMA Mission Merchants Association
MMNC Mission Model Neighborhood Corporation
MNC Mission Neighborhood Centers
MPC Mission Planning Council
MWIU Marine Workers International Union
NAACP National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
NARA National Archives and Records Administration
NIRA National Industrial Recovery Act
NNM New Nueva Mission
NYT New York Times
OBECA Organization for Business, Education and Community
Advancement
PAC political action committee
PAT Parents and Taxpayers
PHA Public Housing Authority
PRWO Puerto Rican Women’s Organization
RM La Razón Mestiza
RMPT Responsible Merchants, Property Owners and Tenants
SCSU Special Collections, Stanford University
SFAH San Franciscans for Affordable Housing
SFBPD San Francisco Ballot Propositions Database
SFC San Francisco Chronicle
SFCFEPO San Francisco Committee for a Fair Employment Practices
Ordinance
SFCIO San Francisco Congress of Industrial Organizations
SFCOPE San Francisco Committee on Political Education
SFCSRA San Francisco Committee to Stop the Redevelopment
Agency
SFDE San Franciscans for District Elections
SFE San Francisco Examiner
SFFL San Francisco Fairness League
SFHC San Francisco Housing Coalition
SFILGWU San Francisco Joint ILGWU Board
SFLC San Francisco Labor Council
SFP San Francisco Progress
SFPL San Francisco Public Library
SFPWD San Francisco Public Welfare Department
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