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“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:
Mantienen viva la memoria histórica de víctimas mexicanas en el sur de Texas - La Raza laraza.com/2024/09/12/mantie…
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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"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
"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
“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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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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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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(you can also contribute directly at this link: mightycause.com/donate/Refus…) /7
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…
A side piece nicely credits @Refusing2Forget and the scholarship of members @MonicaMnzMtz @BenjaminHJohns1 @soniahistoria @acerift. /5
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Under Molina's guidance, the @txrangermuseum of history is growing more divorced from reality. They removed mention of Wallace as a slave-hunter and bicentennial materials portray Rangers as foes of Jim Crow; no mention of Bob White case. /4 xitter.cf/Refusing2Forget/status…
#OTD in 1937, Bob White, a Black farmworker, was found guilty of rape and sentenced to death based on a forced confession extracted with the help of Texas Rangers. Though little remembered, the case is one of two Supreme Court rulings against Ranger conduct. /1
ALT “Negro Charged in Livingston Attack,” Fort Worth Star Telegram, August 19, 1937.
it also captures the contortions of Russell Molina, chair of the Ranger bicentennial, and other @txrangermuseum officials. They constantly invoke the tradition of the Rangers, and cosplay in Ranger outfits, then deny any connection between the current and historical rangers. /3
the story nicely captures how Lydia Canales and others have refused to forget the murder of their ancestors. /2
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…
the main story doesn't, but this does. These stories will be their own pull-out section in tomorrow's hard copy, with versions in Spanish and English. washingtonpost.com/nation/20…
nice audio commentary by @OmarValerioJim1, who refuses to forget the US-Mexico War
Realms of Memory preview of my interview about my recent book Remembering Conquest. @UNC_Press
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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…
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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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
