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History
July 27, 2016
The Life of Tom Landry, the Man in the Hat
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August 2, 2022
New book ‘Rag Radio Interviews’ showcases voices from era of underground newspapers – and beyond
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August 2, 2022
Uvalde considers how namesake of Robb Elementary should be remembered after the school is torn down
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November 25, 2016
Here’s What Texas Was Like During the Dust Bowl
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April 19, 2017
The One Musician To Get A Ticker-Tape Parade Was A Texan
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June 1, 2022
TCU research uncovers ‘indispensable’ contributions of formerly enslaved couple
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May 31, 2022
How a school walkout in Uvalde helped spark the 1970s Chicano rights movement
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May 27, 2022
Remembering a Texas soldier through the letters he left behind
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May 16, 2022
Millennium-old Mississippian art on display in Dallas at ‘Spirit Lodge’ exhibit
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May 9, 2022
San Antonio-based ‘Women and War’ oral history project captures complex legacy
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May 6, 2022
‘Bodies on the Line’ tells the stories of volunteers who escort patients seeking abortion care
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May 4, 2022
What happened to Toadsuck, Texas?
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May 4, 2022
Cultural traditions are highlighted and shared in new Texas Folklife program
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April 28, 2022
A San Antonio madam walks into a church… and turns her brothel into a rescue home
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April 27, 2022
A Mexican American madam blew the whistle on San Antonio’s illegal brothel fees. What happened to her?
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April 26, 2022
New biography goes beyond Camelot myth, looking at JFK’s foibles, flaws and ‘great potential’
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April 21, 2022
Archives of Richard and Doris Kearns Goodwin headed to UT’s Briscoe Center
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April 15, 2022
Home invasion: how one man experienced the 1997 Republic of Texas standoff
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April 14, 2022
How Mendez v. Westminster helped end legal segregation of schools in the southwest
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April 11, 2022
Oral history project preserves San Antonio’s West Side Sound
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April 5, 2022
Behind the guitar: A new collection of artifacts paints a more nuanced picture of Stevie Ray Vaughan
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March 31, 2022
Paint Rock art preservation project educates about indigenous culture in South Texas
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March 31, 2022
This Texan pioneered one of the earliest home computers: the TRS-80
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March 28, 2022
‘Raise Hell’ delves into the life of brilliant, outspoken rabble-rouser, Molly Ivins
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March 23, 2022
‘Viva Texas Rivers!’ celebrates the state’s storied waterways
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March 18, 2022
‘We didn’t want to be the last’: ‘Scared Fearless’ author looks back at early years of women in Secret Service
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March 17, 2022
New book examines educating children of Nazi scientists in El Paso schools
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March 7, 2022
Searching for Sam Houston’s mysterious graveside birthday visitor
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March 3, 2022
One of Austin’s first Black communities has largely been erased. This building tells its tale.
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February 17, 2022
The National Park Service is studying Houston-area Emancipation Trail for potential federal recognition
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February 11, 2022
Change is coming to Alamo Plaza – believe it or not
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February 9, 2022
An interactive exhibit uncovers Dallas’ colorful film-production legacy
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January 17, 2022
Students in Dallas MLK oratory competition mine inspiration from Dr. King’s life and words
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December 29, 2021
Atrocious but efficient: How ranchers used barbed wire to make phone calls
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December 28, 2021
Known for Roe v. Wade, Sarah Weddington’s advocacy included many issues important to women
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December 16, 2021
Journalist Neal Spelce met six US presidents. He reveals their humanity in a new memoir.
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December 3, 2021
Marfa’s Blackwell School, site of de facto segregation, nears federal recognition
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November 23, 2021
City of Presidio returns cemetery land to Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas
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November 22, 2021
‘111 years in the making’: Dallas advocates unveil historical marker for Allen Brooks
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November 19, 2021
This Thanksgiving, what to consider during conversations about the holiday’s history
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November 17, 2021
History of Black cowboys told in new exhibit at San Antonio’s Witte Museum
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November 15, 2021
‘I don’t need white folks to feel guilty’: A practical guide for why everyone needs to understand Black history
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November 11, 2021
The first American POW to escape North Vietnamese captivity was a Texan. How he remembered the experience.
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October 29, 2021
Through push for new historical marker, 1930 Sherman riot starts to gain recognition
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October 27, 2021
Psychics once ruled the airwaves thanks to the Texas-Mexico border and the magic of radio
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October 15, 2021
This Texas pollster’s work impacted politics and media
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October 15, 2021
‘Why can’t we go?’ A Dallas woman remembers the segregated State Fair of Texas
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October 14, 2021
This Texas nurse defied taboos and broke barriers for Latinas
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October 7, 2021
How George I. Sánchez helped dismantle Texas’ segregated schools for Latinos
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October 1, 2021
Pete Tijerina Had Two Epiphanies That Transformed Latino Civil Rights
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September 30, 2021
Ancient Footprints In New Mexico Could Force Reconsideration Of Human History in the Southwest
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September 29, 2021
The Life And Legacy Of Sissy Farenthold, Leader Of The ‘Dirty Thirty’
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September 28, 2021
Making A Way For Ann Richards’ Words To Live On
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September 20, 2021
How Sandra Day O’Connor’s Western Ethos Guided Her Supreme Court Tenure
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September 17, 2021
How Little Joe Hernández Discovered Latinismo And Became King Of The Brown Sound
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September 16, 2021
The Woman Who ‘Saved’ New York’s Central Park In The 1980s Is From San Antonio
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September 14, 2021
September 11th Attack Led To Unprecedented Border Security Buildup, Changes In Daily Life
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September 13, 2021
Fisherman Reveals Role In Survivor Rescues 20 Years After Queen Isabella Causeway Collapse
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September 13, 2021
New Book Tells The Story Of How The GOP Became The Dominant Political Party In Texas
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September 10, 2021
Afghanistan And Iraq War Veterans Face Special Challenges As 20th Anniversary Of 9/11 Approaches
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September 10, 2021
‘Being A Muslim Is Like Being Black Twice’: North Texan Faces Hate Towards His Race, Faith
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September 3, 2021
Three Texas Gulf Cities Bid For Final Docking Place Of Battleship Texas
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August 18, 2021
A UT Museum Housing Replica Of Massive Quetzalcoatlus Fossil At Risk From Budget Cuts
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August 17, 2021
‘Violence In The Hill Country’ Chronicles A Time Of Lawlessness And Death In Central Texas
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August 3, 2021
Veterans Organization And Historians Make Plans To Search For Battle Of Medina Site
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August 3, 2021
‘Borderlands Curanderos’ Highlights Two Folk Healers Who Were Celebrated, But Also Shunned
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July 16, 2021
‘This Is Sacred Ground’: Austinites And Researchers Seek To Restore Mexican-American Cemeteries In Montopolis
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July 6, 2021
‘Erased From The History Books’: Why Asian American History Is Missing In Texas Schools
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June 23, 2021
‘My Family Didn’t Talk About This’: A Podcaster Explores Her Confederate Roots
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June 21, 2021
San Antonians Brave High Temperatures To Celebrate And Honor Juneteenth
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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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May 25, 2021
Commentary: One Year After George Floyd’s Death, America Faces An Existential Crisis
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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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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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January 25, 2021
Texas A&M Statue Will Honor Former Slave, Senator And Higher Education Champion Matthew Gaines
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January 21, 2021
‘Intellectual History’ Book Explores How Mexican-American Ideas Shaped Texas
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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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January 18, 2021
What We Can Learn From The 1954 Capitol Attack By Puerto Rican Nationalists
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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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January 7, 2021
A ‘Wake-Up Call’ For US Democracy
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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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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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