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 racist practices of the times in El Paso. Thank you for listening to this fascinating and important historical event.
End of Life Options New Mexico has published an interview from Maree McHugh's KURU show "Tuesday Morning Beat." Details here: https://endoflifeoptionsnm.org/kuru-89-1-fm-a-conversation-about-choice-and-compassion/
