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San antonio is a modern prosperous city, but now it is america's seventh—largest. it is very cosmopolitan and in many ways, not stereotypically texan. but it has got one historical attraction which gets to the very heart of what it means to be american and more especially, texan. this is the alamo, a legendary site in american history where in 1836, a small group of troops fighting for texan independence were laid siege by a much larger mexican army. the texan forces held out for 13 days before they were overwhelmed and killed. doctor winders.

San antonio is a modern, prosperous city, and now it's america's seventh—largest. it's very cosmopolitan and, in many ways, not stereotypically texan. but it has got one historical attraction which gets to the very heart of what it means to be american, and more especially, texan. this is the alamo, a legendary site in us history where in 1836, a small group of troops fighting for texan independence were laid siege by a much larger mexican army. the texan forces held out for 13 days before they were overwhelmed and killed. doctor winders? how are you? but historian bruce says it would be sim...

Towards the first amendment. >> first amendment is supposed to prevent government from pressuring americans on the basis of their speech or intervening in the use of free speech. that seems like straightforward case. let's talk about your book itself. what is the premise that's so terrifying to the 1836 project folks? >> we make the argument that the myths that were taught to people my age and younger frankly in texas schools are hurtful to the growing plurality of hispanics in texas. it paints a picture of freedom loving anglos fighting against dark-skinned people for liberty. it completely i...

We checked in with the bullet and they said no problem we've done controversial stuff before and besides the wall street journal said they had a professor talk about how great your book is. history professor said that all this stuff about slavery is old news. the most interesting part is the modern part of our book. and then that senate governor dropped the hammer. he either calls up the bullock and says, no, you have to pull out. we got a call from our publisher. this is off. rioters in texas say we can scramble and get you on a zoom call. and were like no, there's not enough time. and that's...

Rule and was trying to outlaw slavery. the president santa ana said before he crossed the border into texas, he said i'm gonna go free the wretched souls held in bondage in texas. and to say those things in texas is apparently going to get you slap down. >> yeah it's the same way they don't like to talk about the war of 1812 and the british were offering freedom atlanta any enslaved africans who would join the crowds fight against the americans at the time and the british governor of virginia was offering to completely free all the slaves to his own emancipation proclamation. we don't get the ...