Historian and Texas State University professor Dr. Sarah Coleman examines the history of the battles over U.S. immigrants’ rights since 1965—and how these conflicts reshaped access to education, employment, civil liberties and more in conversation with Associate Director of Research at the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at the LBJ School, Dr. Sergio Garcia-Rios. Dr. Coleman is the author of “The Walls Within: The Politics of Immigration in Modern America.”

Dr. Coleman’s conversation is the second installment of a special four-part series titled “Policy Lessons from the Past: U.S. history with a Texas twist,” in which Texas-based policy experts discuss how our shared history impacts today's political environment, spanning topics like racial justice, immigration, global confrontations and the very nature of democracy. “Policy Lessons from the Past” is presented by the LBJ School Washington Center. Visit lbj.utexas.edu/podcast for more info.