but you all are here to hear from jesse esparza. and so i want to provide an introduction. dr. hassell's jesse esparza, who is an associate professor and interim chair of the of history at texas southern in houston. his area of expertise is on the history of latinos. the united states emphasize, the civil rights activism. dr. esparza's manuscript rosa schools, the fight for latino autonomy in a west texas borderlands town, was published by the university of oklahoma press as part of their new direction s.a. history series. it has already received two book awards, two and counting, right? yes. so the 2024 outstanding book award, the texas association of chicanos in higher education or and the 2020 for texas foco nonfiction book award by the national association, chicana and chicano studies or knox. dr. 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 appreciat

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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