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Democracy & Voting Rights

Prop. 187 forced a generation to put fear aside and fight. It transformed California, and me

Published May 29, 2020

LPPI expert Kevin de León recalls the mobilization and community unity that Proposition 189 spurred as a result of its attack on the Latino and immigrant community in the US more than 25 years ago.