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Sudamérica se convirtió en un refugio para muchos haitianos desplazados por el devastador terremoto de 2010. Sin embargo, como inmigrantes negros de un país en ruinas, los haitianos también se encontraban entre las poblaciones más vulnerables. En este segundo episodio de La Línea, los haitianos cuentan sus historias de una década de migración a través de las Américas, y cómo los países que inicialmente los recibieron, finalmente les cerraron las puertas.

When thousands of Haitians – like Dachka and Exode – arrived in the unlikely border town of Del Rio, Texas, they hoped they were crossing the finish line of an arduous immigration journey. But when the U.S. started flying some families back to Haiti (including their South American children) migrants were forced to make a critical decision: stay in the U.S. migrant camp and risk expulsion – or return to Mexico.

Frank’s widow Dorothy Redus Robinson recorded two oral histories where she spoke about her life, love and legacy. Dorothy talks about how racial injustice was so much a part of life in East Texas that she didn’t realize until she married Frank that it could be challenged and changed. Dorothy shares the history of her grandmother, who was enslaved and how she came to Texas. And she explains why Frank insisted that voting rights was critically important to make change.

To get to the truth of what happened to voting rights activist Frank J. Robinson, we go searching for the documents and records related to the investigation into his 1976 death and the public inquest. Time after time, those records are missing. But eventually a key Texas Rangers investigation report is uncovered and critical new information is revealed that sheds new light on this mystery.

Frank J. Robinson's widow Dorothy tells her story of learning about Frank's death and coming up to Palestine, Texas, to face questions. Police wanted to know if the shotgun found at the scene belonged to Frank. Dorothy points out the inconsistencies in the case that Frank died by his own hand.

Frank J. Robinson’s wife, Dorothy Robinson, remembers the moment she saw Frank’s ghost and learned the important message he brought from the grave. Also, Robinson’s courtroom ally Dave Richards, Gov. Ann Richards' former husband, explains how Robinson ended anti-Black gerrymandering and how the public inquest over Robinson’s death was a farce.

The world changed when an 18-year old gunman entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. School mass shootings are not new but Uvalde was different not only because of the ease of access to deadly weapons of war for the mentally unstable but also because of the multiple failures by the Texas DPS and other law enforcement to confront the gunman and save the students' lives.

He stood up to Gov. Greg Abbott and SB8 when he performed an illegal abortion, and he dared people to sue him — and they did. Dr. Alan Braid tells his story to TPR's David Martin Davies.

He was a courageous and at times controversial reporter who got up close and personal covering the Texas Ku Klux Klan, Branch Davidians, Biker Gangs and Mexico’s Zapatistas. Dick Reavis was a radical-turned-reporter who took the toughest assignments in Texas. What did he learn along the way?

We hear a migrant's story and learn about her journey from Haiti to the U.S. And trapped in Afghanistan—how Texans are trying to help allies escape the Taliban. Plus, Boerne's 'International Bridge.'