August 28, 2018 – For Immediate Release Descendants of the victims of a Texas massacre announced their intention to hold a commemoration despite a delay in approving a historical marker on the part of the Texas Historical Commission (THC). The September 1 event, to be held at the Magoffin Home State Historical Site in […]
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August 24, 2018 – For Immediate Release Descendants of the victims of a Texas massacre and scholars across the country called on the Texas Historical Commission (THC) to proceed with longstanding plans to erect a monument commemorating the 1918 Porvenir Massacre. The THC approved an application for a Texas Historical Marker in 2015. Its
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As many of you who have followed Refusing to Forget know, our colleague Monica Muñoz Martínez started applying for a state historical marker to acknowledge the Porvenir massacre of 1918, a crime in which fifteen men and boys of Porvenir were executed en masse by the Texas Rangers and local residents in Presidio County. The
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Cárdenas recalls history that inspired his novel Balo\’s War. Guest post: Alfredo Cárdenas
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\”This is not the first time the use of the pardon was promised to law enforcement officials to shield them from legal liability for violating the due process owed to all.\”
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\”In 2017, like in 1919, there seems to be a broad gulf between minority communities\’ faith in the law and the law\’s acknowledgements of their presence in Texas.\” Guest post by John McKiernan-González
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RTF receives National Endowment for the Humanities Grant to reflect upon state-sanctioned violence and the legacy of civil rights efforts in Texas.
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\”In a time where the Texas State board continues to remove inconvenient history from our textbooks, I believe this story is more important than ever. History sanitized is not real history.\”
GUEST POST by State Rep Terry Canales
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Refusing to Forget is excited to announce that the historical marker \”Matanza of 1915\” will be unveiled October 14, 2017 at Cameron County.
