An award-winning public history project committed to sharing the history of state-sanctioned violence against Mexicans and Mexican Americans in Texas.
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14 Sep 2024
“Mantienen viva la memoria histórica de víctimas mexicanas en el sur de Texas.”
Nuevo articulo de @larazachicago con comentario de @ccarmonawriter.
New article by @larazachicago with commentary from @ccarmonawriter:
14 Sep 2024
Mantienen viva la memoria histórica de víctimas mexicanas en el sur de Texas - La Raza laraza.com/2024/09/12/mantie…
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4 Sep 2024
New Blog Post!
Dr. Ruben Arellano, of @TMAMTDallas contributes to our blog this month, discussing the “Life and Death on the Border” exhibit currently on display at the University of Dallas and what it took to get it there.
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26 Jul 2024
"In 1919 legislative investigation, prompted by the Lege’s only Latino lawmaker, Hanson was accused of using his role to cover up Ranger misdeeds." Read more about Hanson's role in the Porvenir massacre and a shoutout to @MonicaMnzMtz' s work: buff.ly/4ffmWGk
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3 Jul 2024
“It’s a tough history, but history has tough parts and if you don’t address them head on then you don’t learn from them...that’s why we thought it was important to showcase this exhibit.”
- Gustavo Hinojosa, @TMAMTDallas
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20 May 2024
BORDERLANDS/LATINX STUDIES FOLKS: If you need a warm and generative venue to workshop works-in-progress this coming AY, please consider submitting a proposal to the BLS Seminar at the @NewberryLibrary. Proposals DUE on 06/7! @Em_AguilarPhD @Maruchatrucha
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17 May 2024
Take a look at our newest blog post contributed by John Weber, author of the recently published book:
WILLIAM HANSON AND THE TEXAS-MEXICO BORDER Violence, Corruption, and the Making of the Gatekeeper State
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15 May 2024
nice long-form reporting from @arelisrhdz @washingtonpost on contested legacies of 1920 killings of Mexican American men by Texas Rangers. Powerful images, graphics, and audio of corridos accompany the text (Spanish and English versions) /1. washingtonpost.com/nation/in…
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15 May 2024
this article is a timely reminder of the importance of supporting institutions that get stories like those of the Canales family to wider audiences. Please consider joining this conversation next Tuesday and supporting Refusing to Forget. /6 eventbrite.com/e/honest-hist…
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15 May 2024
(you can also contribute directly at this link: mightycause.com/donate/Refus…) /7
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15 May 2024
nice audio commentary by @OmarValerioJim1, who refuses to forget the US-Mexico War
15 May 2024
Realms of Memory preview of my interview about my recent book Remembering Conquest. @UNC_Press
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13 May 2024
A conversation about telling and teaching honest history -- with the hopes of raising enough $$ so that we can keep doing it -- will take place Tuesday, May 21, at 6:30 PM CST. Join us! mailchi.mp/a51eaf765e13/hone…
8 Apr 2024
What is next for @Refusing2Forget? Hold the date for a zoom conversation at 6:30 CST on May 6:30 PM. Thanks to funding from @AHAhistorians and @NEHgov, we have brought a traveling version of "Life and Death on the Border" to six locations and counting. /1
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6 May 2024
Pleased to announce the exhibit, "Life and Death on the Border 1910-1920," is now on display at The Mexican American Museum of Texas, @UofDallas .
We invite the Dallas-Fort Worth community to visit the exhibit from May 5 - Oct 15! @TMAMTDallas
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2 May 2024
more on the Alliance for Texas History's first meeting
2 May 2024
so pleased to see this long article discussing the origins of the new Alliance for Texas History, and, more importantly, the substance of its first gathering. /1
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2 May 2024
Very thorough account of the first gathering by the Alliance for Texas Texas by @josephineklee. Nice breakdown of panels, quotes from RTF member @soniahistoria, provisional board member of the Alliance.
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