The Latino ‘Big Bang’ in California

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
PROGRAM #10898 11:00 PM PT

The Latino ‘Big Bang’ in California. 

As part of our radio series on the 175th anniversary of California’s statehood, a prominent historian discusses his new book, “The Latino Big Bang in California.” Through the memoirs of a Mexican 49er gold prospector, the book tells the story of the big “explosion” in California’s Latino population that took place over the ten days between the discovery of gold and the implementation of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which transferred California from a Mexican province to annexed U.S. territory. Life for Mexicans and Latinos was never the same. How did this historic “big bang” unfold? How did it transform Mexican, Latino, and U.S. society? The book’s editor shares the story.

Guest: Dr. David Hayes-Bautista, Historian, Director, Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture, UCLA, Author of ‘The Big Bang Latino in CA’, Los Angeles, CA.

Photo: David Hayes-Bautista/Facebook

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