lecture by dr. Aaron Coy Moulton, Stephen F. Austin State University (click for more details)
"THE 'COMMUNIST HAND' FROM CUBA INTO BIRMINGHAM: CUBAN EXILES AND THE U.S. RIGHT."
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024 at 4:00PM
Friends Hall 306 and Via Zoom (Click here for Zoom Link or Use QR Code on Flyer below)
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Dr. Moulton will discuss how U.S. right-wing leaders and Cuban exiles came together due to a shared opposition to international communism. Their belief that communists inside the U.S. government betrayed Cuba to communism also saw these figures blame Cuba for U.S.-based civil rights activism, Black Power organizations, and various protests and riots. Together, U.S. right-wing and Cuban exile organizations spared these claims throughout the United States.
Bio: Aaron Coy Moulton is Associate Professor of Latin American History at Stephen F. Austin State University. Multiple institutions have supported his research, including award-winning articles in Cold War History, The Americas, and the Journal of Latin American Studies. His current project, A Dominican Dictator in Washington: Rafael Trujillo and the Politics of U.S. Foreign Relations, reveals how the Dominican struggle between democracy and dictatorship influenced U.S. politics, as when Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo's agents networked with right-wing outlets such as the John Birch Society and the Christian Nationalist Crusade.
