registration and dramatically increased the number of latino elected officials in this nation. his appeal to the hispanic community was simple, passionate, and direct. su voto es su voz. your vote is your voice. we are going to be talking about the records of the southwest voter registration education project. they are the oldest and largest nonpartisan latino voter registration organization in the country. the collection contains the first 20 years of the organization s existence. they are still in existence today. it is a very deep and wide collection if you are interested in learning about voter registration, particularly in minority communities. the organization was started in 1974 by willie velasquez. he is from san antonio. as a very young man, he was heavily involved in the chicano movement. when he was in college, he was one of the founders of the mexican-american youth organization, which was involved in doing voter registration drives at local colleges. also invol
a boy caught in the votes and calling for civil disobedience in farewell to the original double 07 the scottish actor so sean connery has died at the age of 19. and in sport tennis world number one novak djokovic has suffered a shop defeat in vienna the serbian star was knocked out in the quarterfinals by a player ranked more than 40 places below head. but 1st to turkey were rescue workers are still searching for survivors in the city it is mere after a powerful earthquake parts of greece also felt the effects of the magnitude 7 quake on the aegean sea at least 28 people in or have been killed and hundreds more injured simcoe see all the reports from the city it is mere. this is the aftermath of a magnitude 7.0 earthquake. many buildings and as her province collapse within seconds killing dozens of people and injuring hundreds others were buried alive this woman was pulled out of the rubble 17 hours after the earthquake. there are similar stories throughout our province. here
every weekend. the c-span s 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 city s 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 what s called the spanish governor s 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 méxico and northern mexico was especially important to spain becau