Eric Porter

Eric Porter teaches in the History Department at UC Santa Cruz. He has published widely on Black, music, urban, and, most recently, aviation history. His latest book is A People’s History of SFO: The Making of the Bay Area and an Airport (UC Press, 2023).


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The Once and Future Deportation Flight?

78 years ago today, a US plane deporting 28 Mexican nationals crashed into California’s Los Gatos Canyon, killing all aboard.