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Juan González - Harvest of Empire The Untold Story of Latinos in America

Prince Frederick, MD

October 02, 2014 | Thursday | 2:30 pm

Prince Frederick Campus, Building B, Rooms 103/104/105

115 J.W. Williams Road
Prince Frederick, MD 20678 ( see map )
Thursday, October 2, 2:30-4 p.m.

Prince Frederick Campus, Building B, Rooms 103/104/105

At a time of heated and divisive debate over immigration, Harvest of Empire reveals the direct connection between the long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the immigration crisis we face today.

Meet author Juan González, whose book this documentary was based on, as he provides a rare and powerful glimpse into the enormous sacrifices and rarely noted triumphs of our nation’s growing Latino community.

Refreshments will be served.

Sponsored by:
Institutional Equity and Diversity Office
Prince Frederick Campus Student Association

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Juan González

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Juan González has been a professional journalist for more than 40 years and was a staff columnist at the New York Daily News from 1987 to 2016. He is a two-time recipient of the George Polk Award for commentary (1998 and 2010) and was inducted into the Deadline Club’s New York Journalism Hall of Fame in 2015. A professor of Journalism and Media...