Houses and archives. Some of that is good and they exposed them to the color brined creed. Some of that was bad in what they meant during that age was to americanize this to wasp inside. To americanize this to become white. Stop being so aggressively jewish pension off those longstanding had always behaved. So it is because of that the very word americanization in decades and centuries later asking for negative buzz around it. People talk in a multicultural city like this dont talk about americanization. It sounds like forced assimilation. I think it is version that we today embracing our multiculturalism take it upon ourselves to redefine and and sent americanization. It doesnt have to be about whiteness. It doesnt have to be about assimilating, but again retaining the creed in its full colorblind power and pushing ourselves in fact to see all around us with eyes wide open the way for whichever part of our community is still failing to live up to it. That is a fight with getting behin
Him the pioneer of four clinics. It is part of his visionary nature before people were talking about organic food he became of vegetarian and composting is out of conviction and data of tactics but i think we are done. Just one more question. What is the chavez legacy . Not in the field but a generation of activists that have learned from him to take the knowledge to go elsewhere in those that were empowered by the union was a tremendous experience. And also for latinos around the country and that is important to. Thank you very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] thank you for coming today we call this is a recession in the stories that shaped san antonio both authors are signing books immediately after the of session but that the second floor on the of laughter and the proceeds benefit the San Antonio Public Library foundation in. I am a columnist and i am honored to be here today with two authors who have books about san antonio and very different st
San antonio was the pecan capital of the world and the pecan shelling capital of the world. The guys who owned the Big Companies had machines. They turned them off because they could get these mexicanamericans for nothing to shell the pecans in their homes. One of the things that really sort of illustrated who was where in that community at the time, a rabbi of Temple Bethel know, the rabbi before that, he was a cantankerous, radical supporter of the underdogs, and he stood up to the Mexican American economy workers. And not only did he talk to his congregation but he wrote a letter to the editor and talked about these rich ladies out in the suburbs and the fact that a member of his congregation was the largest pecan shell in the united states. With that one story, ignacio, you can sort of see all these different strands of people, hispanic, jewish, and so forth, in the play. And my family and their children, for that time they were pioneers in relations. My aunt frances, an extraordin
About not only why those things happen in the 60s, but to talk about where do we go from here in a society that has despite great accomplishment has not fulfilled the passion and the dreams of Lyndon Johnson and Martin Luther king in a more just society. But i must tell you what we are sitting in today and the interactive exhibits are out of the hallways and the public walls of the National Archives are a totally new phenomenon. He has been riding the horse since the day he got here, and thanks to karlins leadership. Thanks to marvin pinkert, he calls the genius behind the development of the new space. All of us as citizens can far better experience our history, and as a journalist, as a historian, and as a citizen, i value this place deeply. Its very, very important. Your participation is urged because its a good thing and for an additional reason, that my vocal chords may fail sometimes but im going to go for it, and lets hope i can keep on talking. The two days no. I want to add one
The 1960s. Theres literally changed the history of this country. Im h oping to call on you all o participate in this to talk about hy those things happened in the 1960s but to talk about where do we go from here in a society that has, despite great accomplishment, has not fulfilled the passion and the dreams of Lyndon Johnson and Martin Luther king for a more just society. But i must tell you that what we are sitting in today and the interactive exhibits around the hallways and the public vaults of the National Archives are a totally new phenomenon. I remember as a kid and when my son jack was a kid you walked into this austere building and you stood in a line and you saw the constitution and the declaration and maybe another couple of things, and you marched back out. Lyndon johnson had an expression which he used often and usually shrewdly where he would say that someone was all hat and no horse. I have learned in the case of kansas farmer who became a governor and is now our archivi