Dear Law Students,
We invite you to attend a special event on Monday, February 16, 2009 regarding the landmark Supreme Court case, Hernandez v. Texas, 347 U.S. 475 (1954), that LULAC played a role in. http://www.lulac.org/about/history.html Our advisor, Professor Lupe Salinas, will be speaking on the panel.
We will be planning a carpool to leave the law school at a time to be announced.
However, seats are very limited so please RSVP here: http://www.houstonpbs.org/site/Calendar?view=Detail&id=3181. Only 36 seats were left a little while ago. You can RSVP for up to 2 people.
If you would like to join us, please email us at neavev@yahoo.com after you've RSVP'd so that we can know how many people to expect, whether you are willing to drive, and how many people you can fit in your vehicle.We hope you can join us!
Sincerely,
LULAC Law Students #4900
Thurgood Marshall School of Law
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Talento Bilingüe de Houston
333 S. Jensen Dr .
Houston , TX 77003-1115
http://www.tbhcente%20r.com/February 16, 2009
VIP Reception 6-6:45pm Screening 7-8pm Panel 8-8:30pm
Join HoustonPBS and filmmaker Carlos Sandovalfor a special preview screening and panel discussion A Class Apart. Click here to watch a preview.
The first major film to bring to life the heroic post-World War II struggles of Mexican Americans against the Jim Crow-style discrimination targeted against them, A Class Apart is built around the landmark 1951 civil rights Hernandez vs. Texas, in which an underdog band of Mexican Americans from Texas bring a case all the way to the Supreme Court - and win.
Panelists:
Ms. Maida Asofsky, ACLU
Alberto Cardenas, Vinson & Elkins
Francisco Rodriguez, LULAC
Carlos Sandoval, Filmmaker
A Class Apart premieres Monday, February 23 on “American Experience” at 8pm on HoustonPBS Channel 8. A Class Apart is presented in partnership with Active Voice and Camino Bluff
Banner photo credit: Lee (Russell) Photograph Collection, Center for American History UT-Austin; John J Herrera Collection, Houston Public Library; San Antonio Light Collection, UTSA’s Institute of Texan Cultures,Courtesy of the Hearst Corporation.
This preview is co-presented by HoustonPBS and our partners at The Southwest Alternate Media Project In cooperation with NALIP-Houston
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