The 1991 Uprising That Changed Mount Pleasant
In 1991, protests erupted in D.C.’s Mount Pleasant neighborhood after police shot Daniel Gomez, an El Salvadoran immigrant. Ellie Walton and Quique Aviles, creators of the documentary ‘La Manplesa: An Uprising Remembered', are here to explain what happened and why it was a turning point for D.C.’s Central American communities. Please be advised that this episode contains some graphic descriptions.
‘La Manplesa: An Uprising Remembered’ will be broadcast nationally this Thursday September 26th at 8 p.m. EST on American Reframed on the WORLD Channel and will be available to stream for one month on the PBS passport app.
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National Museum of Women in the Arts
The Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University
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