Fronteras: 'River Of Hope' — The Conquests Of The Rio Grande Valley

There’s a rich, but often unexplored, piece of Texas history along the state’s southern and southwestern corridors. Settlers arrived in the Rio Grande Valley hundreds of years ago, and the people of color — who called the region home long before the newcomers — became targets of racism. The discrimination these populations endured is still having an effect on minority communities today. Omar S. Valerio-Jiménez explores this piece of Texas history in the book “ River of Hope: Forging Identity and