Backroads Pragmatists: Mexico's Melting Pot and Civil Rights in the United States is a history book by Ruben Flores about the connection between post-revolutionary Mexico and the American Civil Rights Movement. University of Pennsylvania Press published the book in 2014. It won the Society for U.S. Intellectual History Book Award the next year. References External links Interview with New Books Network 2014 non-fiction books University of Pennsylvania Press books History books about Mexico History books about the United States Civil rights movement Mexican Revolution English-language books