Interviews Richard Avena, regional director for the Southwest Office of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and Texas State Senator Carlos Truan, special advisor to the Commission on Civil Rights. Both discuss the upcoming extension by congress of the Voting Rights Act and the history of discrimination in the electoral process to minorities..., 9/8/81 (9/11/81)

Interviews Richard Avena, regional director for the Southwest Office of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and Texas State Senator Carlos Truan, special advisor to the Commission on Civil Rights. Both discuss the upcoming extension by congress of the Voting Rights Act and the history of discrimination in the electoral process to minorities..., 9/8/81 (9/11/81), Box: 11, Item: 42-81. Mexican American Programs of the Longhorn Radio Network, 23866774. Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin. https://archives.lib.utexas.edu/repositories/4/archival_objects/345191 Accessed September 27, 2026.