Sunday, May 26, 2013

Documentary Examines Discrimination Against Mex.-Amer. Veteran in Texas Town

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A new PBS documentary brings to the national spotlight, the story of a Mexican-American World War II veteran and the struggles against racism and discrimination in a small Texas town that his family encountered when they tried to bury the fallen soldier. What ensued lay the grown-work for Latino involvement in the burgeoning civil rights [...]