EPISODE · Apr 18, 2023 · 16 MIN
The Pulso Podcast
from Latino USA · host My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts
This week Latino USA brings you an episode of The Pulso Podcast. Texas 1951. Farmworker Pete Hernandez walks into a bar with a rifle and shoots another man. He is taken to court for murder, but when the state refuses to allow any Latinos on the jury, a rebellious team of Hispanic lawyers signs up for a wild ride that will take them all the way to the Supreme Court, and change the definition of what it means to be Hispanic in the U.S. This episode was Produced & Written by Charlie Garcia, it was edited by Liz Alarcon. Original music by Julian Blackmore. Audio Engineering & Mixing by Julian Blackmore and Charlie Garcia. Special thanks to LULAC historian David Contreras. You can subscribe to The Pulso Podcast here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Todays episode, is a story about a team of ambitious Latino lawyers who decided it was time to change the system, from the inside.
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