Hispanic veterans pressure PBS
AP
Cincinnati News
Apr 3, 2007
Hispanic groups unhappy with an upcoming Ken Burns documentary on World War II are stepping up pressure on PBS because they say the series omits mention of the role Latinos played in the war.
The latest group to take its grievance to PBS is the American GI Forum, a Hispanic veterans group that has waged numerous civil rights battles for Hispanics and Hispanic veterans.
The American GI Forum is appealing to Hispanic veterans and other Latino groups to write members of Congress and their local PBS affiliates about the documentary that has been six years in the making.
GI Forum President Antonio Morales of Fort Worth, Texas, and other Latino leaders met in Washington recently with PBS President Paula Kerger to lodge their complaints about the 14-hour Burns documentary set to air this September, Hispanic Heritage month.
"We are not going to tolerate this omission," Morales said after the meeting. PBS said it would respond in two weeks.
