Every weekend. The cspans city tour is exploring the american story as we take book tv and American History tv on the road. This weekend we travel to san antonio, texas. Coming up in the next hour we will feature the citys local authors including John Phillips santos on culture and hometown. In about 15 minutes we will visit the special collections at the university of texas in san antonio. And later in about 40 minutes, the debates surrounding confederate statutes and memorialization. We begin our special feature with lewis fisher on his book saving san antonio. We are standing near the Geographical Center of san antonio, texas. We are in front of whats called the Spanish Governors Palace in a town that was actually set up here due to the conflicts between two european empires, france and spain in the 18th century. Spain had, of course, established itself well in latin america and south america and in mexico and northern mexico was especially important to spain because rich silver min
, a look at our recent visit to san antonio texas. You are watching American History tv all weekend, every weekend on cspan3. Was William Velasquez everyone knew him as willie. Willie was and is a name synonymous with democracy in america. Through the organization he founded, the southwest Voter Registration education project, he nearly doubled hispanic Voter Registration and dramatically increase the number of latino elected officials in the in this nation. His appeal to the Hispanic Community was a simple, passionate, and direct. Your vote is your voice. We are going to be talking about the records of the southwest Voter Registration education product project. They are the oldest and largest nonpartisan latino Voter Registration project in the country. The collection contains the first 20 years of the organizations existence, they are still in existence today. It is a deep and wide collection , if you are interested in learning about Voter Registration, particularly in minority commu
Southwest. His name was William Velasquez but everyone knew him as willie. It is a name synonymous with democracy in america. To the organization he founded, the southwest Voter Registration education project, he nearly doubled hispanic Voter Registration at increased the number of latino elected officials in the station. His appeal to the Hispanic Community was a simple, passionate, and direct. Your vote is your voice. We will talk about the records of the southwest Voter Registration education project. They are the oldest and largest nonpartisan latino Voter Registration project in the country. The collection contains the first 20 years of the organizations existence, they are still in existence today. It is a deep and wide collection if you are interested in learning about what registration, particularly in minority communities. The organization was started in 1974 by willie velasquez. He is from san antonio. As a young man, he was heavily involved in the chicano movement. In colleg
Effort i think. Its not just going to say we want women to run, there are going to have to be doctoral plane just changes in place. After words airs at 10 pm and sundays at 9 pm eastern and the specific on on cspan2. Cspan2. Then and about 15 minutes we will visit the special collections at the university of texas in san antonio. Later in about 40 minutes the debate surrounding confederate statues and memorialization. We begin our special feature with lewis fisher on his book saving san antonio. We are standing in come to the Geographical Center of san antonio, texas. When fun of whats called the Spanish Governors Palace in account that was actually set up here due to the complex between two european empires, france and spain, in the 18th century. Spain had of course established itself well in latin america and south america and in mexico, and northern mexico was a special important to spain because of very rich silver mines. France was over to the northeast in louisiana and it reached
Rich and deep history, the conditions are optimal for inventing president ial and first lady laura and legend, but as we see with the gilbert story, for example, history is often, gated and complex often complicated and complex. This and otherh programs on her website, where all of our video is archived. The cspan cities to her is exploring the american story as we take book to be an American History to be on the road. With support from our spectrum cable partners, this weekend we travel to san antonio, texas. Experienceur we will the history of the history of this southwest texas city. The san with a visit to antonio mission historical park. Following that in 20 minutes we hear about the role the city played in early military aviation. Visit one of the citys most recognizable features, the historic riverwalk. Later, a trip to the Spanish Governors Palace, one of the oldest old dings in the city, dating to the founding. We begin our feature at mission four colonialof Spanish Missions i