History

a collage of images about Juneteenth including an historical marker, a sculpture, and parade images
June 15, 2021

156 Years Later, Juneteenth’s ‘First Scholarly Book’ Explores Underresearched History

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June 8, 2021

New Book Challenges Readers To Confront History Of Slavery By Forgetting The ‘Alamo Of Our Dreams’

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protesters walking down the street with fists in the air, shouting, carrying signs
May 25, 2021

Commentary: One Year After George Floyd’s Death, America Faces An Existential Crisis

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a view of the LBJ Library from one corner, looking up, with another building in the background.
May 21, 2021

‘History With The Bark Off’: LBJ Presidential Library Celebrates 50 Years

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May 20, 2021

History Professor Argues ‘1836 Project’ Promotes A ‘Two-Dimensional Cartoon’ Telling Of Texas History

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March 22, 2021

Voices From 1918: Texans Remember The Flu Pandemic

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March 11, 2021

UT Austin Committee Determines Intent Of ‘The Eyes of Texas’ Was ‘Not Overtly Racist’

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March 2, 2021

A Chapter In US History Often Ignored: The Flight Of Runaway Slaves To Mexico

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March 1, 2021

The Cold Case That Took 66 Million Years To Solve: An Asteroid Caused Dinosaur Extinction

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February 24, 2021

How Some Past Disasters Have Led To Reforms For Workers

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February 16, 2021

We Expect The National Anthem At Sporting Events. But What Are The Roots Of That Tradition?

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February 11, 2021

‘Revolution In Development’ Chronicles How Mexico Shaped The Global Economy

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a man wearing a hat standing in front of a memorial plaque
February 8, 2021

A New Art Installation In Galveston Will Tell The Full Story Of Juneteenth

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February 4, 2021

Education Company, Urban Intellectuals, Shares Black History Every Day

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January 28, 2021

‘You Can’t Even Wrap Your Head Around It’: Three Reflections On Holocaust Remembrance Day

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a photo of matthew gaines and a photo of Texas A&M memorial student center
January 25, 2021

Texas A&M Statue Will Honor Former Slave, Senator And Higher Education Champion Matthew Gaines

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cover of the book Homeland
January 21, 2021

‘Intellectual History’ Book Explores How Mexican-American Ideas Shaped Texas

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a large gathering of pro-Trump protesters with flags in Washington D.C.
January 19, 2021

Texas Scholar Argues Fascism Did Not End With World War II

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January 18, 2021

Commentary: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Enduring Legacy, And Lessons For 2021

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Puerto Rican nationalist Lolita Lebrón being led by police into a police care in 1954
January 18, 2021

What We Can Learn From The 1954 Capitol Attack By Puerto Rican Nationalists

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two women stand in front of a box with images of people who've passed away this year with flowers on top
January 15, 2021

Hard-Hit But Resilient: ‘Voces Of A Pandemic’ Reflects The Latino COVID-19 Experience

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January 13, 2021

New Galveston Sculpture Completes Vision From 1904

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Protesters wave flags outside the U.S. Capitol
January 7, 2021

A ‘Wake-Up Call’ For US Democracy

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a large gathering of pro-Trump protesters with flags in Washington D.C.
January 7, 2021

In The Wake Of Capitol Insurrection, Can Biden Reunite The Country?

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December 28, 2020

To Dust It Is Returning, But Historic Adobe Church May Soon Get A Second Life

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December 23, 2020

Texas Standard For December 23, 2020

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a candlelit mission concepcion in san antonio
December 21, 2020

A Space For Hope And Mourning: Austin Baroque Orchestra Brings Early Latin American Music To Mission Concepción

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December 18, 2020

Virtual Field Trips: How Interactive Learning Has Evolved In The Pandemic Age

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December 3, 2020

New Book Puts Women At Center Of Mexican Revolution

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December 2, 2020

These Heroic ‘Honorary Texans’ Are Now Being Recognized With A Stamp

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Genoveva kneels in greif at the grave of her son.
December 2, 2020

Farmworker Rights Advocate Leaves Legacy Of Resilience

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Bush and Baker
November 30, 2020

‘Texas Titans’ Tells The Story Of The 60 Year Friendship Between George H. W. Bush And James Baker

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Mario Ramirez participates in ceremonial dances and prayers during a demonstration at the Texas Archaeological Research Library, which holds the remains of three ancestors of the Miakan-Garza band of the Coahuiltecan people.
November 24, 2020

Despite A Federal Law, Texas Tribes Struggle To Repatriate Ancestral Remains

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Two American flags with a blue sky behind them.
November 18, 2020

Is There A ‘Coup-In-Progress’ In The White House?

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November 12, 2020

A Navy Supercarrier Will Bear The Name Of A Black Sailor From Texas

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November 27, 2015

My Grandpa’s War: Opening Up To Family About Tough Topics

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October 12, 2020

‘Precious’ Cortés Documents Believed Stolen From Mexican National Archive

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October 7, 2020

Norfleet: The Texas Rancher Who Kept On Coming

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October 5, 2020

Donald Trump And Woodrow Wilson: US Presidents Who Did Not Escape A Global Pandemic

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September 28, 2020

Celebrating Houston’s Latino Icons: Johnny Mata, Civil Rights Watchdog And Champion Of Police Reform

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September 28, 2020

For 50 Years ‘In Black America’ Has Devoted Radio Space To Experiences Other Media Ignored

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September 22, 2020

Celebrating Houston’s Latino Icons: Dorothy Caram, A Lifelong Advocate For Latino Culture And Education

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June 4, 2019

100 Years: Voices Of Women Voters

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September 14, 2020

Historical Commission’s Decision On Sculpture Could Decide Fate Of Alamo Redevelopment

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September 8, 2020

Border Wall Creeps Up On Historic Cemetery With Ties To Underground Railroad

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September 7, 2020

The Surprising Route That Brought Chinese Immigrants To Texas

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September 1, 2020

A Central Texas Museum Honors The 75th Anniversary Of VJ Day

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August 26, 2020

El Llano Estacado: The Vast, Staked, Palisaded Plain

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August 25, 2020

Listen: Nearly 500 Years Old, This Hospital Is The Oldest In The Americas

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Two Black women sitting at a voter registration table.
August 18, 2020

The Women Who Fought For The 19th Amendment Are Dead. An Interactive Digital Exhibit Brings Their Stories To Life.

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August 14, 2020

Listen: This Music Venue Was Only Around For 10 Years – But It Changed Austin Forever

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August 6, 2020

Reading ‘One Hundred Years Of Solitude’ As Pandemic Prophecy

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July 24, 2020

Full Participation: 30 Years Of The Americans With Disabilities Act

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July 14, 2020

The Confederate Legacy In Texas Has Left More Than Monuments Across The State

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July 13, 2020

UTSA Special Collections Preserve Legacy Of Latinx Voter Registration Efforts

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June 19, 2020

What Juneteenth Means To Texans In 2020

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June 18, 2020

How One Black Man Came to Understand Juneteenth Over Six Decades

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January 23, 2018

Unconstitutional, Un-American, Borderline Insanity: A Survivor Remembers The Branch Davidian Siege

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April 22, 2020

10 Years After Deepwater Horizon, The Gulf Is ‘Bouncing Forward’ But Not Recovered

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April 20, 2020

This 1939 Novella Provides Peek Inside 1918 Pandemic

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April 14, 2020

The Day The Skies Turned Black

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March 27, 2020

Auto Industry Lends Manufacturing Know-How To Producing Much-Needed Respirators And Ventilators 

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March 25, 2020

How A Grassroots Movement Helped End The Polio Epidemic

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March 16, 2020

Before Women Could Vote, Texas Had A Female Mayor

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March 2, 2020

At This Dallas School, Black History Month Is More Than A One-Time Lesson

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February 21, 2020

A New Book Of Maps Shows The Evolution Of Texas’ Shape

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February 17, 2020

How Maria Varela Became One Of The ‘Eyes’ Of 1960s Black Student Activism

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February 11, 2020

‘Three-Cornered War’ Explores The Forgotten History Of The Civil War’s Western Front 

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February 10, 2020

A Chicana Activist Gets Long Overdue Recognition In ‘Agent Of Change’

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February 6, 2020

New Rio Grande City Historical Markers Commemorate A 1966 Farmworkers’ Strike

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January 23, 2020

What The Black Spudders Risked To Play Baseball In Segregated Texas

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January 14, 2020

As Caddo Mounds Reopens, Tornado Survivors Heal Together

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January 13, 2020

‘No Way But To Fight’ Chronicles George Foreman’s Life As Houstonian, Champion Boxer And Pitchman

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January 10, 2020

Dallas Neighborhood Established By Freed Slaves Fights To Keep Its History Alive (Part 2)

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January 8, 2020

Texas Became A State In 1845, But Never Lost Its Republican Spirit

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December 30, 2019

The Last Meeting Hall Of The Knights Of The Ku Klux Klan?

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December 23, 2019

In ‘Christmas In Austin,’ Nostalgia Is The Elusive Driving Force

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December 18, 2019

A New Book Traces The History Of Borderland Gangs, And Their Distinctive Style

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October 14, 2019

Vietnam War Author Tim O’Brien Reveals The Wounds And Victories Of Fatherhood In New Book

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November 28, 2019

One Man’s Quest For The Truth About A Forgotten Relative Ends At San Antonio State Hospital

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November 26, 2019

‘Biscuits, The Dole, And Nodding Donkeys’ Tells The Turbulent History Of A Time Rarely Recorded In Texas Politics

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November 18, 2019

Anthropologists Rethink Prehistoric Hunting After Man-Made Mammoth Pit Discovery In Mexico 

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November 13, 2019

San Marcos Students’ Protest Against Vietnam War Shaped Free Speech On Campuses For 50 Years

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October 30, 2019

Jefferson’s Ghost Tours Whitewash Complex Racial History

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October 28, 2019

A Building Where Enslaved People Made Sugar Marks A Neighborhood’s Antebellum Past

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October 28, 2019

The History, And Power, Of The Term ‘Latinx’

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October 24, 2019

Human Remains Discovered At The Alamo Unearth Local Tribes’ Frustrations Over Cemetery

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October 23, 2019

Travis County Rededicates Building To UT Tower Shooting Hero

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October 21, 2019

In ‘Dreams Of El Dorado,’ Historian H.W. Brands Invites Readers To Rethink The American West

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October 7, 2019

How A Music Scholar Finally Completed ‘The Blues Come To Texas’

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October 4, 2019

‘Porvenir, Texas’ Uncovers A Forgotten Massacre At The US-Mexico Border

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October 3, 2019

Documents Reveal How UT’s Admissions Process Suppressed Black Enrollment During The 1950s

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October 2, 2019

Residents Try To Save Texas’ First Black City, But Some Worry It Might Be Too Late 

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September 30, 2019

El Paso Sculptor Reimagines Mesoamerican History With A Sci-Fi Twist

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September 26, 2019

‘In The Shadow Of The Chinatis’ Delves Into The Forgotten Human History Of The Big Bend Region

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September 25, 2019

Map Exhibit At Museum Of The Big Bend Illuminates Five Centuries of Mexican History

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September 24, 2019

New History Book Delves Into The Roots Of Texan Identity

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September 19, 2019

Oral History Project Aims To Amplify Voices Of West Dallas Residents

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September 17, 2019

‘Miss Emma’ Saved Her Brewery And Left A Legacy For All Of San Antonio

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September 17, 2019

Dallas Holocaust Museum Will Open With A New Mission

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