Assaults Against Latinos
Assaults against Latinos have steadily been on the increase since 2008 when the American economy entered a recession.
The Start of American Racism Part 1
When did the racial division begin? A quick look back to see where American Racism began to evolve.
The Story of Mexican North Texas
The first Mexicans to come to North Texas were Rialeros, men that worked on the railroad installing the tracks. Along the way, the railroads would leave a section gang to maintain the railroad.
Before Brown vs Board of Education (Part Dos)
By the 1940s 80% or more of the Mexican American students in California attended so called “Mexican schools”.
Mendez VS Westminster School Board
Before Brown vs Board of Education there was Mendez vs Westminster School Board
Riots Break out in 1916 El Paso
At the end of 1915 a group met in El Paso to mark what they called the, “Start of an era of peace in Mexico”.
Visiting the First Mexican Settlers in North Texas: Strawn and Lyra
The Strawn cemetery has many headstones written in Mexican Spanish. The feeling of love and pain is palpable on the writing of those headstones
How I Remember my Grandfather Cesar Chavez
My earliest childhood memory of my Tata Cesar is being in La Paz where we lived with him and my Nana Helen, spending time with him while he would teach me to read. I was named by him because his favorite city was Santa Barbara.
Raza Unida (Fin)
With Ramsey Muniz heading the ticket and sixteen other candidates from around that included two Chicanas from Lubbock.
The Lusitania
When Lusitania was first launched in 1906, she was the largest ship ever build at 787 feet. She would hold that title for two years until another mega cruise ship was commissioned.