Week # 7-96, Air Date 2/11/1996 - 2/17/1996
Scope and Contents
Segment #1: Bowie High School and the Border Patrol. John Burnett reports from El Paso on a high school that sued the U.S. Border Patrol for harassing students some years ago. Since then, positive changes have occurred in the schools relationship with the Border Patrol. 6:21
Subject Types: Other - Police
Locations: U.S. Regions - Southwest; States - Texas
-------------------------------------------------:30 Music Break ------------------------------------------
Segment #2: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Latino USA's Maria Martin speaks with former New Mexico Lt. Governor Roberto Mondragon about the historic 1848 treaty that took a large chunk of Mexico and made it the southwestern United States. 5:19
Subject Types: History
Locations: Non-U.S. Regions - Mexico
Segment #3: Profile: Author Isabel Allende. Emilio San Pedro profiles Chilean author Isabel Allende, whose latest novel 'Paula', is about her deceased daughter. 3:42
Subject Types: Arts - Literature
Locations: Non-U.S. Regions - South America
Segment #4: Black History Month: Poet Willie Perdomo. Poet Willie Perdomo, a Puerto Rican living in New York reads a selection from his first book of poems. 'Where A Nickel Costs A Dime', published by W, W. Norton New York. This is the first in a series celebrating Black History month. 2:49
Subject Types: Arts - Literature
Locations: U.S. Regions - Puerto Rico; States - New York
Dates
- Creation: Air Date 2/11/1996 - 2/17/1996
Repository Details
Part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Repository
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