When the local mosque is burned to the ground in an apparent hate crime, the town of Victoria must overcome its age-old political, racial, and economic divides to find a collective way forward.
A Town Called Victoria premieres Monday, November 13th, 2023 on PBS.
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Women of the Victoria Islamic center pray in a temporary building after an arson destroys their mosque.
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Victoria's segregated grade school for African Americans, founded in 1901 and officially named F. W. Gross High School in 1936.
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Federal prosecutors indict suspect Marq Vincent Perez with a hate crime charge for the Victoria Islamic Center arson.
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Abe Ajrami smiles as a community ceremony commemorates the grand opening of the new Victoria Islamic Center.