Civil Rights and Wrongs for June 29, 2021

This Tuesday our guests are from Equality Texas, which works to secure full equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Texans through political action, education, community organizing, and collaboration.  We’ll speak with Ricardo Martinez, CEO, and Angela Hale, Senior Advisor, and will hear about the fight for LGBTQ rights during the recently concluded 87^th session of the Texas Legislature.  Jim Harrington is with us again, too.  He is the retired founder of the Texas Civil Rights Project.  And we also have Michelle Manning-Scott, the associate producer of this program. 

Later in the second half, Austin Sanders will join us.  He is a Staff Writer for the Austin Chronicle where he covers City Council, APD, homelessness and other issues.  Austin discusses his current article about the Office of Police Oversight.  In addition, Austin and Bob share their perspectives on the occasion of the 52^nd anniversary of the Stonewall riots.