Tuesday Morning Beat – “The 1917 El Paso Bath Riots”
Host Maree McHugh interviews writer/author Meagan O'Toole Pitts and artist/illustrator Ashton Kayleigh about the newly published children's book about the 1917 El Paso Bath Riots. entitled "Carmelita". The story tells of the heroic young woman Carmelita Torres who protested forced disinfection of Mexican people crossing the Santé Fe bridge to work in El Paso. The book is written in English and Spanish languages. O'Toole Pitts discusses the political influences and […]