02/24/2009
The Five College Latin American, Caribbean and Latin@ Studies Council and the "Striking Back Against the Empire: Puerto Ricans, Colonialism, Rebellion and Diaspora Communities" seminar (taught by Martín Espada and Wilson Valentín- Escobar) present a talk by
Dr. Ronald Fernandez
"Puerto Rican Nationalism and the Legacies of Albizu Campos"
6:30 PM
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
East Lecture Hall
Franklin Patterson Hall
Hampshire College
Amherst, MA
Professor of Sociology and former Director of the Center for Caribbean and Latin American Studies at Central Connecticut State University, Dr. Fernandez is the author of several books, including Prisoners of Colonialism: The Struggle for Justice in Puerto Rico, Los Macheteros: The Wells Fargo Robbery and the Violent Struggle for Puerto Rican Independence, Cruising the Caribbean: U.S. Influence and Intervention in the Twentieth Century, and America Beyond Black and White: How Immigrants and Fusions are Helping Us Overcome the Racial Divide.