Facing South: Latino upsurge in the rural South

“Think that last week’s explosive Latino protests were just a Los Angeles, or urban coast thing? SouthNow has a good overview of how the issue is playing out in the rural South — the region with the fastest-growing Spanish-speaking population in the country:

The last week in March brought new coverage, daily, of protests in some of the nation’s biggest cities that are homes to large immigrant populations: Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Phoenix, Atlanta. But close observers would notice activity in some unlikely places across the South – places without the same national prominence for either immigrant populations or a history of public protest. The scale may be smaller, but they are joined in the same battle.”

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