"Book Traffickers" Meet Tucson Ban on Mexican-American Studies

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As of early March, educators were readying a "book trafficker" caravan that would travel March 12-18 from Houston, Texas, to Tucson, Arizona, to donate books about the Mexican-American experience to four volunteer libraries. The donations were meant to counter the removal of at least seven titles from Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) classrooms, where they had been taught as part of the district's now-outlawed Mexican-American Studies (MAS) program. Reminiscent of the Occupy Wall Street Library movement, the book traffickers, or Libro Traficantes, organized by Houston Community College professor Tony Diaz, were to contribute titles to underground, libraries in Houston, San Antonio, …