A memorial has formed at Robb Elementary School, dedicated to the 19 children and two adults killed during the mass shooting. Many people in Uvalde have a shared history. Brandon Bell\/Getty Images hide caption <\/p>\n
A memorial has formed at Robb Elementary School, dedicated to the 19 children and two adults killed during the mass shooting. Many people in Uvalde have a shared history.<\/p>\n
So many people in Uvalde, Texas have a shared history. Some of that history runs right through Robb Elementary School, a place that was part of the Mexican-American community's struggle for racial equality.<\/p>\n
NPR's Vanessa Romo spoke with Eulalio Diaz, Jr. He was the coronor on duty when a gunman massacred 19 children and two teachers at the school. Diaz also went to Robb Elementary and knew a lot of the victims' families. And NPR's Adrian Florido has the story of Robb Elementary and the fight for Mexican-American equality.<\/p>\n
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Email us at considerthis@npr.org<\/a>. <\/p>\n This episode was produced by Matt Ozug, Elena Burnett, Lauren Hodges and Karen Zamora. It was edited by Sami Yenigun, Sarah Handel, Vickie Walton-James and Amy Isackson. Our executive producer is Cara Tallo.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Link:<\/p>\n Robb Elementary School and Uvalde's History of Mexican-American Activism : Consider This from NPR - NPR<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A memorial has formed at Robb Elementary School, dedicated to the 19 children and two adults killed during the mass shooting. Many people in Uvalde have a shared history Continue reading