esparza teaches mexican-american texas and civil rights history. he received his b.a. and master's degrees from southwest texas state university and a ph.d. from university of houston. so if y'all will please join me and welcoming the good doctor. thank you. thank you. i appreciate the invitation. and i appreciate the space to talk about such an work and such an important community. so thank you. so i know this is i mentioned my personal experience, right and connected in my my dad's mentioned the book. i want to do one thing and i just want to ask folks that are from del rio or san felipe if if they can stand or have family from there so we can recognize them. so you know, we can know the audience. yeah, for sure. and, and jesse that that's what i wanted to actually with if you can if you can tell us folks who have may have read your book or who have experience in san felipe and del rio, can you can you us about russell schools. yes. so russell schools is essentially the story of a one of a kind school district that existed in a borderland town in the city of del rio.

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jesÚs jesse esparza tsai. we want to thank c-span tv. we want to thank all of you.and the author will be available for for some conversation for just few minutes because we do have the next event that's coming in in 15 minutes. let's give dr. katz, a round of applause. thank you. thank. tonight on c-span. >> in partnership with the library of congress, c-span brings you books that shaped america. our series explores key works of literature that have had a profound impact on the country. in this program, thomas payne's common sense from 1776. as the american revolution entered its second year, many colonists were divided over whether to reconcile with great britain or seek independence. but in january 1776 a pamphlet titled common sense was published in philadelphia. it penned anonymously by an englishman the author was thomas payne, a recent immigrant with connections to founding fathers benjamin franklin and benjamin rush. the pamphlet laid out arguments and persuasive language for not only resisting british rule but casting it off. payne argued the colonists had a

esparza so we have a microphone here in the center, and then i think there's a question in the back right on the other side of the camera camera. thank you. i'm just curious whether, in your getting to know the community in writing your book whether you've of something called the border or going to say center perhaps some of the folks from del are familiar with that. whether you see any connection or links or emotional or other of energy that created the school district kind of like manifest itself once again in these organizing efforts of recent vintage. so i have not heard of that organization. but again, right, i think that goes back to what i mentioned earlier, is that one of the things that i learned as soon as i was done with this book is when i go on talks, people come and say, hey, wait a minute, you got this wrong. this is how it is. and i'm constantly learning and new information really, again, from the people who are there. i mean, i wrote the book, but i'm not the expert i'm not the expert on this. the people from this community are the experts on this community. and so really

esparza. >> [ applause ] >> thank you, thank you, i appreciate the invitation and i appreciate the space to talk about such an important work in such an important community, so, thank you. >> i know this is -- i mentioned my personal experience, right, and my dad has mentioned in the book, i want to do one thing, and i just want to ask the folks that are from del rio, or san felipe, if they can stand or have family from there, so that we can recognize them. so, that we can know the audience. >> yeah, for sure. >> [ applause ] >> and jesse, that is what i actually wanted to begin with. if you can tell us, folks who may have read your book, or have lived experience in san felipe and del rio, can you e tell me about raza schools? >> raza schools is the story of a one-of-a-kind school district that existed in the borderlands town of the city of del rio in this mix american acumen -- american community. this is the story of a community and of a people who organized and established, in 1929, right a

jesÚs jesse esparza tsai. we want to thank c-span tv. we want to thank all of you.d the author will be available for for some conversation for just few minutes because we do have the next event that's coming in in 15 minutes. let's give dr. katz, a round of applause. thank you. thank. tonight on c-span. >> in partnership with the library of congress, c-span brings you books that shaped america. our series explores key works of literature that have had a profound impact on the country. in this program, thomas payne's common sense from 1776. as the american revolution entered its second year, many colonists were divided over whether to reconcile with great britain or seek independence. but in january 1776 a pamphlet titled common sense was published in philadelphia. it penned anonymously by an englishman the author was thomas payne, a recent immigrant with connections to founding fathers benjamin franklin and benjamin rush. the pamphlet laid out arguments and persuasive language for not only resisting british rule but casting it off. payne argued the colonists had an