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LIBROTRAFICANTE CARAVAN SMUGGLING BANNED BOOKS BACK TO ARIZONA SPARKS NATIONAL MOVEMENT HOUSTON (February 2012) - The Librotraficante Caravan will travel from Houston, Texas, to Tucson, Ariz., carrying a payload of contraband books, creating networks of Underground Libraries and leaving community resources in its wake. One of many responses to Arizona's unconstitutional laws prohibiting Mexican American Studies, the Librotraficante Caravan has captured the imagination and hearts of activists, writers, educators, and students from all walks of life who want to preserve freedom of speech. The Librotraficante Caravan launches in Houston at 10 am on Monday, March 12, from Casa Ramirez Folk Art Gallery (241 West 19th Street, Houston, Texas 77008.) It will stop in San Antonio and El Paso, Texas; Mesilla and Albuquerque, NM, and culminate in Tucson, Ariz., on Friday, March 16. On St. Patrick's Day, Saturday, March 17, we'll host a huge literary celebration of El Batallion San Patricio at 6 pm, celebrating Irish and Mexican collaboration of the past. The caravan celebrates Quantum Demographics, or multifaceted cultural unity, throughout its tour also highlighting African American and Native American literary contributions along the route. The entire schedule is available online at www.Librotraficante.com. "Every great movement is sparked by outrage at a deep cultural offense," said Tony Diaz, founder of Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say, which has led the charge ...