Macario Garcia
Clip: Season 1 | 4m 20s
Private Macario Garcia received the medal of honor for heroics during World War II. When he returned home to Texas he was refused service at a local diner because he was Mexican.
Aired: 09/23/13
A Spanish language video page can be viewed here. Funding for LATINO AMERICANS is provided by CPB, PBS, Ford Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, The Rockefeller Foundation, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations and The Summerlee Foundation
The Chicano movement changed the political landscape of Texas, and America.
Voter Mobilization in Texas
Immigration Demonstrations of 2006
If HR4437 passed the senate 12 million undocumented immigrants would have been 'felons'
Immigration Demonstrations of 2006
Takes viewers through the past 30 years of immigration and transformation
Episode 6: Peril and Promise
Episode 5: Prejudice and Pride
Details the creation of the proud “Chicano” identity
Episode 5: Prejudice and Pride
Highlights the swelling immigration from Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic
Episode 4: The New Latinos
Latino Americans serve their country during WWII but still face discrimination at home.
Episode 3: War and Peace
Documents how the American population begins to be reshaped by the influx of immigrants
