Mexican American History

The Blackwell School will explore the often undertold history of Mexican American school segregation across the Southwest.

They include Cisco’s Restaurant & Bakery, Pan American Neighborhood Park, the Herrera House on Third Street and the Richard Moya House on East Cesar Chavez.

The name of the town comes from a misspelled Spanish name. The way people say it traces a long history of racializing Latinos in the U.S.

A group called Amigos de Parque Zaragoza is hosting a 90th anniversary celebration on Saturday for the park, which has served as a hub for the city's Mexican American community.

"Homeland: Ethnic Mexican Belonging Since 1900" focuses on the ideas, not just the events, that Chicanos have fostered and debated.

From Texas Standard:In 2019, the U.S.-Mexico border topped the news, in part, because of the promise that President Donald Trump had made to build a wall…

From Texas Sandard:Sometime in the 1990s, concerns about rising crime rates in America's urban centers began to focus on Los Angeles. Some saw it as as…

From Texas Standard.Loteria is a game that is very dear to some, and completely unfamiliar to others. In the U.S., Loteria is known as “Mexican Bingo.” To…

From Texas Standard.Aside from a state historical marker out front, the League of United Latin American Citizens Council 60 clubhouse looks like any other…

From Texas Standard.One hundred years ago Sunday, a posse made up of Texas Rangers and the U.S. military raided the border village of Porvenir in the…