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“We’re not going to open [the door] for them. I told them already.” The words decisively uttered by a Mexican immigration agent lingered in the air

Written by Tim Bowman I decided to experiment with something a little different in my Texas history class here at West Texas A&M University (WTAMU) this past fall semester. Typically, for a Core-curriculum class, I would assign two books that the students would read in common outside of our primary source readings and central class

December 18, 1922, a century ago today, Texas Rangers and mounted U.S. Customs officers policing the border killed a group of suspected mounted liquor smugglers in Zapata County.  Rather than engage the suspects in the open, or make an arrest and put the men on trial for violating Prohibition, Texas Ranger Captain William L. Wright prepared

\”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

\”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

by Guest Blogger Miguel Levario