Until this past week, I had never heard of Gus Garcia and Hernandez v. Texas. I was 7 years old when Garcia argued the landmark case before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1954, so it's understandable that ...

It started as an open-and-shut, small-town Texas murder. Pete Hernández, a field hand in Edna, shot his employer Joe Espinosa after a heated argument. It was 1951. Three years later, Hernández vs.

Here are a few quick details to keep in mind about the Camino Bluff Productions, ITVS, Latino Public Broadcasting documentary flick. A Class Apart: A Mexican American Civil Rights Story starring ...

From a small-town Texas murder emerged a landmark civil rights case. From a small-town Texas murder emerged a landmark civil rights case. The little-known story of the Mexican American lawyers who ...