A class apart a Mexican American civil rights story
Title:
A class apart a Mexican American civil rights story
Author:
Grimberg, Sharon.
Edition:
Widescreen.
Publication Information:
[New York, United States] : PBS Home Video, [2009]
©2009
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:
In the small town of Edna, Texas, in 1951, field hand Pete Hernández killed a tenant farmer after exchanging words in a cantina. From this murder emerged a landmark civil rights case that would change the lives and legal standing of ten of millions of Americans. Tells the story of an underdog band of Mexican American lawyers who took their case all the way to the Supreme Court, where they challenged Jim Crow-style discrimination against Mexican Americans. Lawyers forged a daring legal strategy, arguing that Mexican Americans were "a class apart" from a legal system that recognized only blacks and whites.
General Note:
Title from container.
Originally broadcast as part of the American experience television series.
Special features: "Making of" featurette with filmmaker, interviews, behind the scenes footage, and photos; a slideshow of photographer Russell Lee's iconic images of Mexican American life in the 1940's; bonus scenes; materials for educators.
Language:
English
Reading Level:
Not rated.
Personal Subject:
Added Uniform Title:
American experience (Television program)
ISBN:
9780793670406
UPC:
841887010412
Format :
DVD
