THE SUMMER OF '53: A Bullion Plaza Story

THE SUMMER OF '53: A Bullion Plaza Story by Samuel B. Munoz

Ladies and gentlemen, take your seats – the game is about to begin!

The old basketball court, silent and idle lo these many years, is suddenly filled with noise and excitement. Listen to the rhythmic bouncing of the ball. Keep your eyes on Number 11 as he methodically scans the court. Echoes of a tension-filled era tremble in his soul while memories of segregation revolve in his mind. In spite of the booing demons of prejudice and injustice, Number 11 makes his way down the court with style and grace. The player is Samuel B. Munoz of Miami, Arizona, whose book, The Summer of 53: A Bullion Plaza Story, makes an imposing entrance into the annals of Arizona’s history.

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THE WORM IN MY TOMATO

THE WORM IN MY TOMATO
by Dr. Santos C. Vega

"By the railroad tracks of the Miami Depot;
There we stood, marked for departure.
We wept, sad to leave Miami."

During the Great Depression President Herbert Hoover authorized the deportation of more than ½ million Mexicans and Mexican-Americans in what was called "Mexican Repatriation." Santos Vega was just 6 months old in 1932 when his family boarded the the Repatriation Train at the Miami Depot. In his book, THE WORM IN MY TOMATO, author and educator Vega tells the heart-wrenching story of his own family’s “voluntary” repatriation from Miami, Arizona to rural Mexico and back.

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