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Week # 7-96, Air Date 2/11/1996 - 2/17/1996

 File — Box: 33, Item: 147

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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