Here and Now
Noon Wednesday: What We Can Learn from 1980 Cuban Refugees
Clip: Season 2000 Episode 2009 | 37m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
Omar Granados discusses Cuban refugees brought to Fort McCoy in 1980.
As Afghan refugees begin to arrive at Fort McCoy, many are remembering the 1980 relocation of thousands of Cubans who arrived at the very same Western Wisconsin military installation. Omar Granados, an associate professor of Latin American and Latino studies at UW-La Crosse discusses his work studying this point in Wisconsin’s history.
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Here and Now
Noon Wednesday: What We Can Learn from 1980 Cuban Refugees
Clip: Season 2000 Episode 2009 | 37m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
As Afghan refugees begin to arrive at Fort McCoy, many are remembering the 1980 relocation of thousands of Cubans who arrived at the very same Western Wisconsin military installation. Omar Granados, an associate professor of Latin American and Latino studies at UW-La Crosse discusses his work studying this point in Wisconsin’s history.
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