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History
October 8, 2024
Belle Ortiz was instrumental in bringing mariachi programs to Texas schools
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October 3, 2024
This week in Texas music history: Johnny Cash arrested in El Paso
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October 1, 2024
Nearly 30 years since her death, Selena’s reign as Queen of Tejano endures
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September 19, 2024
The Tejano Monument on the state Capitol grounds faced many hurdles
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September 18, 2024
This week in Texas music history: Big Boys and The Dicks record ‘Live at Raul’s’
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September 11, 2024
This week in Texas music history: Professor Longhair at Soap Creek Saloon
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September 3, 2024
Newly discovered interviews paint picture of legendary El Paso DJ Steve Crosno
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August 30, 2024
What’s the story behind ZZ Top’s First Annual Texas-Size Rompin’ Stompin’ Barndance and Bar B.Q.?
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August 30, 2024
This week in Texas music history: The birth of Chelo Silva
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August 27, 2024
Celebrating 85 years of high kicks and history in East Texas
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August 22, 2024
‘The Long Ride Home’: New photo book spotlights Black cowboys in contemporary America
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August 20, 2024
This week in Texas music history: The birth of Big Moe
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August 15, 2024
Two cousins uncover family ties while reviving Dallas’ Tenth Street District
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August 13, 2024
A tiny East Texas museum makes sure the history of the London School explosion is not forgotten
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August 12, 2024
How conservators got just the right polish on an Alamo cannon
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August 13, 2024
This week in Texas music history: The Dallas Bronco Bowl’s final performance
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August 2, 2024
From Mosasaurs to ‘Magic Valley’: A peek inside the Museum of South Texas History
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August 2, 2024
This week in Texas music history: The birth of Charlie Christian and Southern electric guitar
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August 1, 2024
‘Overwhelmed and humbled’: 58 years after he helped student wounded by UT sniper, reflections on a thank-you letter
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July 23, 2024
Texas’ plantation prisons: Inside a 200-year history of forced labor shrouded in secrecy
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July 22, 2024
Drawing parallels: How similar is the 2024 election to 1968?
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July 17, 2024
Marfa’s Blackwell School formally established as new national historic site
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July 12, 2024
‘Inside the Well’ traces ripples after the rescue of Midland’s Baby Jessica
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July 9, 2024
This week in Texas music history: The birth of Link Davis
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July 5, 2024
New book sheds light on how one lawman shaped policy, and perception, of the southern border
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July 3, 2024
Commentary: He who has the gold, makes the rules
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July 1, 2024
Through dance, a centuries-old love story comes home to Shankleville
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June 28, 2024
This week in Texas music history: DJ Screw lays down the June 27th Freestyle
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June 26, 2024
‘40 Acres and a Lie’ tells the story of a broken promise’s legacy
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June 19, 2024
‘We still come together’: Juneteenth gathering highlights traditions of Black Seminoles
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June 18, 2024
‘We Were Illegal’ author looks into Texas history by diving into her family’s own
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June 17, 2024
San Juan Hotel, one of the Valley’s oldest, faces uncertain future
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June 12, 2024
This week in Texas music history: Hole In The Wall opens in Austin
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June 10, 2024
Found sound: San Antonio Mayor Maury Maverick on 1939 radio
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June 7, 2024
Alpine residents describe emotional weight of devastating fire: ‘Part of me burned there’
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June 6, 2024
How one Austin neighborhood paved the way for a culture of central air conditioning
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May 4, 2022
What happened to Toadsuck, Texas?
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May 29, 2024
This week in Texas music history: The birth of Balde González
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May 24, 2024
Family of Marine killed in Vietnam working on one final way to honor his legacy
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May 21, 2024
‘Part of our healing journey is making change’: Brett and Nikki Cross find solace in activism
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May 21, 2024
How ‘feisty’ Liz Carpenter shook things up as right-hand woman to LBJ and Lady Bird Johnson
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May 20, 2024
‘Every day is different and it’s heavy’: The Uvalde library director on its role as an archive
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May 20, 2024
Music boxes of old play San Antonio history
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May 15, 2024
‘They are living legends’: The effort to preserve the rich history of the South Texas Negro League
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May 13, 2024
Tower Life building, jewel of San Antonio’s skyline and history, has stories to share with visitors
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May 10, 2024
South Texas ranch recognized as a refuge for slaves pursuing freedom
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May 8, 2024
Remembering Black Dallas revives forgotten history with new bus tours
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May 2, 2024
This week in Texas music history: The Dallas Sportatorium Burns
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April 30, 2024
New book digs into what happened during deadly Texas secessionist standoff 27 years ago
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October 7, 2020
Norfleet: The Texas rancher who kept on coming
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April 12, 2024
Dallas has a plan to preserve cultural landmarks in Black and Hispanic neighborhoods
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April 9, 2024
Dallas’ elusive ‘King of Diamonds’ jewel thief is subject of new book
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March 26, 2024
This week in Texas music history: The historic Galvan Ballroom opens up in Corpus Christi
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March 20, 2024
Today in Texas music history: The discovery of Spoon and revival of Johnny Cash
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March 13, 2024
How did Mexican obsidian turn up in the Panhandle? Could be Coronado
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March 11, 2024
This week in Texas music history: Conjunto musician Eloy Bernal is born
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March 5, 2024
Jovita Idár quarter named best coin design of 2023
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March 4, 2024
Today in Texas music history: The birth of Roxy Gordon
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February 28, 2024
Commentary: The mystery of the Texas box
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February 27, 2024
Black History Month Profile: The Austin Chitlin’ Circuit
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February 21, 2024
This week in Texas music history: Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris appear at the Armadillo World Headquarters
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February 19, 2024
Black History Month Profile: Glenn ‘Spot’ Lockett
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February 15, 2024
This week in Texas music history: Bevis M. Griffin champions Black voices at the punk mothership in 1987
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February 14, 2024
Bonnie and Clyde: Star-synced lovers
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February 12, 2024
Black History Month Profile: Lavelle White
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February 6, 2024
San Antonio Zoo discovers 30-year-old time capsule during construction
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February 5, 2024
‘A Waddle Through Time’ celebrates the adaptability of ducks and calls for ensuring their survival
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February 5, 2024
Black History Month Profile: The Eastside Kings Blues Festival
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February 2, 2024
A Texas professor’s seminal work is the basis of ‘Genius: MLK/X’
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January 16, 2024
New book tracks NASA’s Space Shuttle program – perhaps its ‘most important’ era thus far
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January 9, 2024
Stanley Walker: The most famous Texas journalist you’ve probably never heard of
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January 3, 2024
Storied Boerne property secrets reveal much about its era
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January 3, 2024
West Side Sound sax player Rocky Morales born, 1940
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September 20, 2021
How Sandra Day O’Connor’s western ethos guided her Supreme Court tenure
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November 22, 2023
60 years after JFK assassination, revisiting the stories of two witnesses in Dallas
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November 13, 2023
San Antonio’s Chili Queens: The story behind their 60-year reign
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November 10, 2023
Amid World War II, Leonard Vara Fuentes followed his passion into the skies
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November 8, 2023
Commentary: Found in translation
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November 6, 2023
Award-winning author Elizabeth Crook takes readers though the Texas frontier in ‘The Madstone’
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October 31, 2023
The Goatman of Old Alton Bridge: A tale rooted in Texas’ historical racial tensions
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October 30, 2023
Roky Erickson’s scary psychedelic songs
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October 25, 2023
Commentary: On censorship
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October 25, 2023
This week in Texas music history: Buddy Holly releases ‘Not Fade Away’ and ‘Oh, Boy!’
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October 24, 2023
‘Cemetery Birding’ highlights why hobbyists are flocking to cemeteries across Texas
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October 23, 2023
What are the most haunted places in Texas?
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October 18, 2023
Texas anthropological food event connects the past and present
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October 18, 2023
This week in Texas music history: Houston rapper Bun B releases first solo album
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October 17, 2023
Before teaming up with Sinatra, Trini Lopez began his musical journey in Dallas
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October 10, 2023
Corpus Christi’s Galvan Ballroom welcomed all at a time when segregation was the norm
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October 6, 2023
Hispanic Heritage Month spotlight: Ruben Ramos
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October 5, 2023
‘If somebody is in trouble, you help’: Author Luis Alberto Urrea recounts his mother’s WWII story in new novel
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October 3, 2023
Former Texas Memorial Museum reopens with new name, new exhibits
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September 28, 2023
How Lydia Mendoza became the ‘Meadowlark of the Border’
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September 19, 2023
From migrant farmworker to scientist: Elma González opened doors for Latinas in STEM
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September 13, 2023
Texas as God’s Country
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July 24, 2020
Full participation: 30 years of the Americans With Disabilities Act
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August 31, 2023
Houston’s first annual Pop Festival takes places in 1968
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August 28, 2023
New book chronicles the story of two Texas conscientious objector combat medics in Vietnam
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August 16, 2023
How Fort Worth was saved by the railroad
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August 3, 2023
The historical accuracy of ‘Lonesome Dove’
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