INTERVIEW WITH LUIS V. GUTIÉRREZ: “I AM A PRODUCT OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT”

Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez speaks with Michel Martin (NPR’s Tell Me More) about his political journey, the fight for immigration reform...

Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez speaks with Michel Martin (NPR’s Tell Me More) about his political journey, the fight for immigration reform, and his new memoir Still Dreaming: My Journey from the Barrio to Capitol Hill. [Also see previous post New Book and Presentation: Luis V. Gutiérrez’s “Still Dreaming—My Journey from the Barrio to Capitol Hill”.]

Opening the book with his house burning down in the 1980s – when he began his career as an activist – because someone threw a brick and Molotov Cocktail through his window. Nobody was arrested, but Gutierrez suspected it might have been political rivals in Chicago.

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