REFUSING TO FORGET
Día de los muertos
Day of the Dead is a celebration of Life.
Traditionally, beautiful ofrendas are created to honor the dead with photographs, flowers, incense, candles and more.
This Day of the Dead we remember the lives of those who have been victims of racial violence in Texas and those who have fought against these cultures of violence. View the virtual ofrendas we offer below and join us in Refusing to Forget.
REFUSING TO FORGET
Día de los muertos
Day of the Dead is a celebration of Life.
Traditionally, beautiful ofrendas are created to honor the dead with photographs, flowers, incense, candles and more.
This Day of the Dead we remember the lives of those who have been victims of racial violence in Texas and those who have fought against these cultures of violence. View the digital ofrendas we offer below and join us in Refusing to Forget.
OFRENDAS
Learn more about these historic figures and events.
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J.T. Canales
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Antonio Longoria
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Jovita Idar
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Juana Bonilla Flores
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Victims of Porvenir Massacre
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Rafael 'Red' Rodriguez
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Victims of La Matanza
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Pascual Orozco
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Jesus Bazán
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Franklin Warnock
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Jovita González
Bob White
Antonio Rodriguez
OFRENDAS
Hover over the cards to learn more about these historic figures and events.
J.T. Canales
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State Representative José Tomás Canales who led the 1919 Investigation into the Texas Rangers.
Antonio Longoria
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Antonio Longoria who, along with Jesus Bazán, was murdered by Texas Rangers in 1915.
Jovita Idar
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Jovita Idar, Mexican-American journalist, activist, teacher, and suffragist.
Victims of the Porvenir Massacre
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Manuel Moralez, Román Nieves, Longino Flores, Alberto García, Eutimio Gonzales, Macedonio Huertas, Tiburcio Jaques, Ambrosio Hernández, Antonio Castanedo, Pedro Herrera, Viviano Herrera, Severiano Herrera, Pedro Jiménez, Serapio Jiménez, & Juan Jiménez.
Juana Bonilla Flores
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Juana Bonilla Flores, widow of Longino Flores who was murdered in the Porvenir Massacre of 1918. The trauma of her husbands murder would eventually lead her to take her own life.
Rafael 'Red' Rodriguez
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Mexican revolutionary Rafael “Red” Lopez, killed by Texas Ranger Frank Hamer in 1921.
Victims of the Matanza of 1915
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In 1915, Texas Rangers indiscriminately shot and killed dozens of Mexicans without questioning. Many victim’s names have been lost and will likely never be recovered.
Pascual Orozco
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Mexican Revolutionary officer Pascual Orozco and four companions lynched in 1915.
Jesus Bazán
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Jesus Bazán who, along with Antonio Longoria, was murdered by Texas Rangers in 1915.
Franklin Warnock
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Franklin Warnock, killed by Texas Ranger Bill Sterling in 1915. Warnock’s great-great-grandson, Kirby Warnock, produced the documentary Border Bandits that discusses his murder as well as the murders of Jesus Bazán & Antonio Longoria.
Jovita González
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Pioneering folklorist and educator, Jovita González, whose novels, Dew on the Thorn and Caballero detail turbulent racial conflicts of the Texas-Mexico border.
Antonio Rodriguez
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Antonio Rodriguez, lynched on November 3, 1910, in Rocksprings, Texas.
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J.T. Canales
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Antonio Longoria
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Jovita Idar
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Juana Bonilla Flores
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Victims of Porvenir Massacre
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Rafael 'Red' Rodriguez
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Victims of La Matanza
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Pascual Orozco
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Jesus Bazán
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Franklin Warnock
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Jovita González
Bob White
Antonio Rodriguez
