The latest group to take their grievance to PBS is the American GI Forum, an Hispanic veterans group that has waged numerous civil rights battles for Hispanics and Hispanic veterans.
The American GI Forum is appealing to Hispanic veterans and other Latino groups to write members of Congress and their local PBS affiliate about the documentary that has been six years in the making.
This week, GI Forum President Antonio Morales and other Latino leaders met in Washington with PBS President Paula Kerger to lodge their complaints about the 14-hour Ken Burns documentary set to air this September, Hispanic Heritage month.
"We are not going to tolerate this omission," Morales said after the PBS meeting.
Friday, March 30, 2007
AP: Hispanic GIs Protest Ken Burns Documentary
The anti-Ken Burns movement is growing, Suzanne Gamboa reports in the Houston Chronicle:
