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Bridgeport, Texas – an untold story of the arrival of Mexicans to North Texas
The stranger is recruiting young, strong men to work in Texas coal mines. This is the Industrial Age.
Apr 233 min read


Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder or just Susto
Those who do the thinking for us concoct all kinds of fancy science-fiction sounding labels that are supposed to impress us into stupor or at the least convince us we are smart moderns.
Apr 223 min read


Quetzalcoatl: The Mexican Buddha
From the Mediterranean came Jesus Christ, out of the Arab Middle-East Mohamed revealed the Koran, from the foot-hills of the Himalayas emerged the Buddha.
Apr 224 min read


1.2 Millones de Ciudadanos Americanos Expulsados de los Estados Unidos de América
Por Franco November 22, 2014 Mientras esperaba un camión en la estación de autobuses en Dallas, Tejas, escuche una conversación interesante entre una joven mujer hispana y un anciano Mexicano, que posiblemente tenia ochenta años, usaba un sombrero de palma. Por la puerta de la camionera entraron un grupo de jóvenes de apariencia andrajosa, parecían que recientemente habían cruzado la frontera. Inmediatamente la joven hispana se molesta al ver a los jóvenes aventureros y le co
Apr 222 min read


Juanita Salinas and the Golden Age of Mexican Music in Fort Worth
Juanita Salinas, 77 years young, sighs deeply with a sentiment of melancholy as she reminisces about all the wonderful people she's had the pleasure of knowing throughout her colorful life.
Apr 213 min read


Ignacio Zaragoza
He was born March 24, 1829 at Bahía del Espíritu Santo in the state of Coahuila y Texas now known as Goliad, Texas to Miguel Zaragoza and Maria de Jesus Valdez Martinez Seguin. He was of Tejano stock or put another way, “Puro Tejano.”
Apr 211 min read


Recordando a un Mártir
Aunque la mayoría no recuerda ni siquiera sabe quién fue Rubén, yo digo que deberíais hacerlo, si os importa la historia chicana.
Apr 204 min read


Remembering a Martyr
While most don’t remember or even know who Ruben was, I say you should, that is if you care about Chicano History.
Apr 204 min read


Ignacio ZaragozaHéroe de la batalla de Puebla
Nació el 24 de marzo, 1829 en Bahía del Espíritu Santo en el estado de Coahuila y Texas ahora se llama Goliad, Texas a Miguel Zaragoza y Maria de Jesús Valdez Martínez Seguin. Era de nacimiento Tejano o más bien era “Puro Tejano.”
Apr 201 min read


No era ningún adolescente normal (Ritchie Valens)
Era una sensación adolescente. Podría conseguir una multitud alteradas y cantando con él tan bien como Elvis Presley.
Apr 202 min read


Julie Ann (Fernández) Swearingin
Julie Ann Fernández nació en Saginaw, Michigan. Su padre nació en Humacao, Puerto Rico, y a su madre en San Antonio, Texas.
Apr 203 min read


Ritchie Valens
He was no ordinary teenager, He was a teenage singing sensation. He could get a crowd riled up and singing with him as good as Elvis Presley.
Apr 202 min read


Quien Somos – Part II
For Hispanics, Quien Somos is the most important question of our time. It is a question for which political pundits wish they had the answer. To understand the question we must understand what got us here, what we have in common and what makes us different. In defining ourselves we must know one, how we are perceived by the general population and two, how we perceive ourselves. As a Colombiano and Venezolano told me, “Everyone thinks we are Mexicanos”. We Hispanics certa
Apr 206 min read


El Grito de Dolores
The question many Mexican-Americans ask is “why do I celebrate Mexican Independence Day in America?”
Apr 202 min read


Amiga (Fort Worth's own Pauline Valenciano)
By Crystal Perez September 6, 2013 Pauline Valenciano In the 1960s, President John F. Kennedy challenged the country; “My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” Among the thousands of Americans who responded to that call to action, service, was Fort Worth's own Pauline Valenciano. From an early age Pauline was interested in politics. Born and reared in Fort Worth, the youngest of nine children, Pauline learned ear
Apr 172 min read
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