BRIAN D. BEHNKEN is an associate professor of history and Latino/a studies at Iowa State University. He is the author of Fighting Their Own Battles: Mexican Americans, African Americans, and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Texas, The Struggle in Black and Brown: African American and Mexican American Relations during the Civil Rights Era, and Crossing Boundaries: Ethnicity, Race, and National Belonging in a Transnational World.

Over the last two decades, the history of civil rights has evolved from the story of the civil rights movement to the story of civil rights movements. Behnken’s collection of essays is a valuable addition to this approach. Rejecting the traditional cooperation/conflict narrative, the contributors chose the concept of political activism as the catalyst to examine the complex but rich relationship between African Americans and Latinos.

BRIAN D. BEHNKEN is an associate professor of history and Latino/a studies at Iowa State University. He is the author of Fighting Their Own Battles: Mexican Americans, African Americans, and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Texas, The Struggle in Black and Brown: African American and Mexican American Relations during the Civil Rights Era, and Crossing Boundaries: Ethnicity, Race, and National Belonging in a Transnational World.

Over the last two decades, the history of civil rights has evolved from the story of the civil rights movement to the story of civil rights movements. Behnken’s collection of essays is a valuable addition to this approach. Rejecting the traditional cooperation/conflict narrative, the contributors chose the concept of political activism as the catalyst to examine the complex but rich relationship between African Americans and Latinos.

BRIAN D. BEHNKEN is an associate professor of history and Latino/a studies at Iowa State University. He is the author of Fighting Their Own Battles: Mexican Americans, African Americans, and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Texas, The Struggle in Black and Brown: African American and Mexican American Relations during the Civil Rights Era, and Crossing Boundaries: Ethnicity, Race, and National Belonging in a Transnational World.

Over the last two decades, the history of civil rights has evolved from the story of the civil rights movement to the story of civil rights movements. Behnken’s collection of essays is a valuable addition to this approach. Rejecting the traditional cooperation/conflict narrative, the contributors chose the concept of political activism as the catalyst to examine the complex but rich relationship between African Americans and Latinos.