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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
Macario Garcia
The Chicano movement changed the political landscape of Texas, and America.
Immigration Demonstrations of 2006
If HR4437 passed the senate 12 million undocumented immigrants would have been 'felons'
Takes viewers through the past 30 years of immigration and transformation
Episode 5: Prejudice and Pride
Details the creation of the proud “Chicano” identity
Highlights the swelling immigration from Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic
Latino Americans serve their country during WWII but still face discrimination at home.
Documents how the American population begins to be reshaped by the influx of immigrants
