Join us for a virtual MACRI Talk with Dr. Albert Camarillo about his new memoir, Compton in My Soul: A Life in Pursuit of Racial Equality. Learn about the history of Compton, Los Angeles, and Camarillo’s path to becoming the first Mexican American to earn a Ph.D. in Chicano History and a founding scholar of the field of Mexican American history and Chicano Studies.

📍This virtual MACRI Talk will stream live on Tuesday, August 12, 2025, at 6 PM Central on MACRI's Facebook at https://bit.ly/FB-MACRI and YouTube at https://bit.ly/YT-MACRI.

RSVP at https://www.somosmacri.org/event-details/macri-talk-compton-in-my-soul to receive a reminder and links for the talk!

MACRI's programs are funded in part by the City of San Antonio Department of Arts & Culture, Bexar County, the Mellon Foundation, the John L. Santikos Charitable Foundation Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation, Spurs Give, and individual donors like you! Gracias!

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