CHICANO 10B Chapter 6: Illegal People- David Bacon-Chapter 6
8 Feb 2017
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Chapter 6: black plus immigrants plus unions equals power. There was a division in african americans and immigrants because of this fear that a gaining jobs or political clout comes at the expense of the other. In mississippi, african american political leaders & immigrant organizers believe: blacks + immigrants + unions = power. Mississippi immigrant rights alliance (mira: when created, it reached african american workers" center on catfish farms & immigrant union organizers in chicken plants to guest workers & contract laborers on the gulf coast. Jim evans (afl-cio"s state organizer & leader of black caucus in state legislature): believes that organizing immigrants is a direct continuation of campaigns such as. Mississippi"s freedom summer & poor people"s march on washington. Out-migration peaked in the 1960s: 66,614 african americans left between 1964-1970. Then it reversed from 1995-2000: african americans made up over 36% of mississippi"s residents. South is now the entry point of all new immigrants to the us.
