Book Bans & Campus Racism: Mike Hixenbaugh on the Schools of Southlake, TX

Book Bans & Campus Racism: Mike Hixenbaugh on the Schools of Southlake, TX

Few places are as politicized as America’s public schools. NBC’s Mike Hixenbaugh was part of the award-winning team that uncovered deep racial and cultural divides in the Dallas suburb of Southlake, TX. The standoffs seem to have died down, but what did we learn from it all, and what happens now? Hixenbaugh joins me to discuss his new book about Southlake, “They Came for the Schools”.


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