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Image of the 1970 protest against an unfair dismissal of a teacher in Uvalde.

The Uvalde Student Walkout and the Texas Rangers

Uvalde's current protests against gun control mirror those of student protests in the early 1970s.
by Caroline Lauber via Refusing To Forget on September 7, 2022
Black and white photograph of students sitting in desks at with a teacher standing in the back

Who Gets to Be American?

Laws controlling what schools teach about race and gender show an awareness that classrooms are sites of nation-building.
by Jonna Perrillo via Boston Review on March 21, 2022
Emilio Delgado in 2021.

Emilio Delgado, ‘Luis’ for 44 Years on ‘Sesame Street,’ Dies at 81

On "Sesame Street," Delgado was able to build a character who challenged stereotypes. Luis was a business owner, a neighbor, and later a husband and father.
by Kathryn Ostrofsky via Current (public media) on March 14, 2022
Anita Villarreal with a campaigning Richard J. Daley

The US Arrested Her—Then She Changed Chicago

In the 1960s, Chicago’s white neighborhoods didn’t want Mexican Americans moving in. But one determined real estate broker changed everything.
by Mike Amezcua via Public Books on February 28, 2022
Diorama of the founding of Los Angeles, with mannequins of settlers of different ethnicities.

North from Mexico

The first black settlers in the U.S. West.
by Herbert G. Ruffin II via BlackPast on February 9, 2022
Dancers in West Side Story jumping on stage

Why West Side Story Leaves Out African Americans

The new film is set in a now-bulldozed Black neighborhood, so why is it all about whites and Puerto Ricans? Because it really takes place in Los Angeles.
by Timothy Noah via The New Republic on December 17, 2021
Television camera operator at work.
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Latino Empowerment Through Public Broadcasting

How Latinos have used public radio and television to communicate their cultures, histories, hopes, and concerns.
by Alexandra García, Gabriela Rivera via American Archive of Public Broadcasting on November 23, 2021
Woman with fist raised and logo for "Mapping the Movimiento" project.

Mapping the Movimiento

Places and people in the struggle for Mexican American Civil Rights in San Antonio.
via ArcGIS StoryMaps on October 15, 2021
Facade at the Alamo

'The Myth Itself Becomes a Stand-in.' What Can the Alamo's History Teach Us About Teaching History?

What’s new about the controversy over the Alamo’s history, and how the way Texans tell its story relates to how Americans see each other.
by Olivia B. Waxman via Time on July 13, 2021
Students walk in the streets of Uvalde, Texas during the 1970 Uvalde School Walkout.

Remembering the Uvalde Public School Walkout of 1970

During the heyday of the Chicano Movement, school walkouts were organized to disrupt what activists called “the ongoing mis-education of Chicano students.”
by Alfredo R. Santos via Ibero Aztlan on March 19, 2021
Artwork that says "Bury me fiercely" and features imagery of a face mask and cross

You Are Witness to a Crime

In ACT UP, belonging was not conferred by blood. Care was offered when you joined others on the street with the intent to bring the AIDS crisis to an end.
by Debra Levine via The Baffler on January 5, 2021
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a news conference in Austin
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Though Often Mythologized, the Texas Rangers Have an Ugly History of Brutality

Teaching accurate history about white supremacy may be painful, but it's essential.
by Jonathan S. Jones via Made by History on September 21, 2020
E.J. Banks, a Texas Ranger, in front of a school with an effigy of a Black student hanging over the front door

A Century Ago, One Lawmaker Went After the Most Powerful Cops in Texas. Then They Went After Him

The Texas Rangers were vicious enforcers of white power. J.T. Canales, who once fought against them lost, but the reckoning he sought is finally underway.
by Tim Murphy via Mother Jones on July 22, 2020
Armed troops wearing gas masks walk through tear gas at Black Lives Matter protest.
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The Extraordinary Scene Unfolding in Portland Has a Disturbing History

How immigration enforcement and policing became entwined
by Ivón Padilla-Rodríguez via Made by History on July 19, 2020
Farmworkers in a field.
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During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Immigrant Farmworkers Are Heroes

Our thanks should be recognizing the crucial role they play in our society.
by Eladio Bobadilla via Made by History on March 31, 2020

The Long-Forgotten Vigilante Murders of the San Luis Valley

How history forgot Felipe and Vivián Espinosa, two of the American West’s most brutal killers—and the complicated story behind their murderous rampage.
by Robert Sanchez via 5280 on December 2, 2019
Two tacos.

The True Story of How National Taco Day Was Invented — Then Appropriated

As seemingly all of the American food media tripped over itself to create listicles around National Taco Day, I shook my head in disgust.
by Gustavo Arellano via L. A. Taco on October 4, 2019

On One of the Great Unsung Heroes of the American Labor Movement

Emma Tenayuca and the San Antonio Pecan Shellers Strike of 1938.
by Stephen Harrigan via Literary Hub on October 2, 2019

Las Marthas

At a colonial debutante ball in Texas, girls wear 100 pound dresses and pretend to be Martha Washington. What does it mean to find yourself in the in-between?
by Jordan Kisner via The Believer on October 1, 2019

California's Mexican-American History Is Disappearing Beneath White Paint

It’s surprisingly hard to protect beloved public art.
by Sabrina Imbler via Atlas Obscura on August 28, 2019
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Nuestra América

This exhibit explores the diverse cultures and shared experiences of Hispanic Americans at the polls and in popular culture, at work and in movements for social change.

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