DALLAS — Beto O’Rourke’s latest work is hitting bookshelves in the middle of a heated campaign to defeat Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
The former El Paso congressman’s book, "We’ve Got to Try," was released Tuesday. It makes the case for the importance of voting rights, telling the story of Lawrence Aaron Nixon, a Black doctor and civil rights leader in El Paso.
In 1924, Nixon challenged Texas laws that barred Black people from voting in Democratic Party primaries. His case made it to the Supreme Court twice, Nixon was able to cast his ballot in a primary election until 1944.
