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3:17 pm
Wed December 19, 2012

Lionel Sosa On How the Mexican Revolution Changed America

Credit Chris Eudaily / Texas Public Radio
"The Children of the Revolución" chronicles the journey Mexican-Americans families during and after the revolution in Mexico.

The Mexican revolution drove people into the United States and those that settled in South Texas helped shape the cultural and economic landscape of the area. This is especially notable as the Hispanic population continues to increase in the United States, and the country -- as Mayor Julián Castro put it --  begins to look like San Antonio. The last part of the show highlights a performance of Tchaikovsky’s "The Nutcracker," a production that is a holiday tradition in San Antonio and the U.S.

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