In the tiny town of Edna, Texas, in 1951, a field hand named Pete Hernandez murdered his employer after exchanging heated words in a gritty cantina. From this unremarkable small-town murder emerged a landmark civil rights case that would forever change the lives and legal standing of tens of millions of Americans. American Experience: A Class Apart airs Monday, March 21, 2011 at 8pm.
American Experience: A Class Apart
