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drprismmartinez.bsky.social
@alliancefortexashistory still looking for a panel? Join me in Evans 114 for the Chicano Borderlands panel! #borderlandshistory #texashistory #publichistory #alliancefortexashistory
May 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
psheridanhistory.bsky.social
Had to stop and say hi to LBJ #alliancefortexashistory #skystorians
A young man with a beard wearing a blue blazer and blue shirt standing in front of a statue of Lyndon B. Johnson at Texas State University
May 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
drprismmartinez.bsky.social
Dr. Robles responds to audience questions about how activists self-identify before, during, and after the movement. Mexicanas? Tejanas? Chicanas? #texashistory #chicanxhistory #borderlandshistory #alliancefortexashistory 3/
May 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
drprismmartinez.bsky.social
Thanks @alliancefortexashistory for such a great conference! I’m sad I’m going to miss the final day, but my final batch of grading beckons! 1/
May 17, 2025 at 1:41 AM
drprismmartinez.bsky.social
We are still going strong in Evans 116 @alliancefortexashistory. Dr. Aaron E. Sanchez @1stworldchicano.bsky.social (@texastech ) takes center stage to talk about the importance of the 1968 US Commission on Civil Rights for the Mexican American community. 1/
May 17, 2025 at 2:25 AM
utexaspress.bsky.social
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A dark green graphic showcasing the book cover for One State Under God: A History of Religion in Texas by Joseph L. Locke. Below the cover, text reads: "A broad and accessible history of religion in Texas, from prehistory to the present." A dark green graphic showcasing the book cover for The Selena Reader: Remembering the Queen of Tejano, edited by Larissa M. Mercado-López and Yndalecio Isaac Hinojosa. Below the cover, a paragraph honors Selena Quintanilla-Pérez's lasting legacy in Mexican American popular culture. A dark green graphic showcasing the book cover for People of the Wheat: Culture and Cultivation in North Texas by Rebecca Sharpless. Below the cover, text reads: "How wheat growing, milling, and baking shaped the people and culture of North Texas." A dark green graphic showcasing the book cover for The Conservative Frontier: Texas and the Origins of the New Right by Jeff Roche. It lists the book's 2026 award recognitions and includes the descriptive text: "How West Texas business and culture molded the rise of conservatism in the United States."
May 29, 2026 at 7:00 PM
drprismmartinez.bsky.social
Importantly, however, the hearings activism of the 1968 civil rights commission allowed moments of crossover between differing Chicano activist strategies within a larger US political machine.

#alliancefortexashistory #chicanohistory #mexicanamericanhistory #texashistory 3/3
May 17, 2025 at 2:25 AM
drprismmartinez.bsky.social
I feel invigorated intellectually and it was rejuvenating to be in community with my peers. Until next year!

#texashistory #borderlandshistory #alliancefortexashistory2025 #alliancefortexashistory 2/2
May 17, 2025 at 1:41 AM
drprismmartinez.bsky.social
Dr. Sosa-Riddell ; Yes, your comment really resonates with me and might be a useful way to frame Mexican American intellectual history. 2/2

#texashistory #chicanohistory #mexicanamericanhistory #borderlandshistory #alliancefortexashistory
May 17, 2025 at 1:33 AM
drprismmartinez.bsky.social
These debates exposed a more nuanced ideologies of civil ideologies. 6/6

#alliancefortexashistory #texashistory #chicanxhistory #mexicanamericanhistory #texashistory #tejanohistory #borderlandshistory
May 17, 2025 at 1:21 AM
drprismmartinez.bsky.social
Mexican ideas of Native capacity for self-rule that diverged from the Iberian Black Legend dominant narratives. #texashistory #chicanohistory #chicanxhistory #borderlandshistory #alliancefortexashistory 4/4
May 17, 2025 at 1:13 AM
drprismmartinez.bsky.social
@alliancefortexashistory I’m playing catch up, but here’s a snippet of “Spectrum of Mexican American Political Ideologies” panel! 1/
May 17, 2025 at 1:10 AM
drprismmartinez.bsky.social
She recounts a conversation shared with her about recruitment strategies: “you planned your daughter’s quinceñera?” “Yes, but…” “then you can do this work”.
#alliancefortexashistory #texashistory #chicanohistory #borderlandshiatory #alliancefortexashistory 2/2
May 17, 2025 at 1:06 AM
drprismmartinez.bsky.social
Audience member Dr. Emilio Zamora encourages panelists to think broadly about the extensive officially recognized & community recognized networks Chicanas built across South Texas. That may or may not appear in archives. #chicanxhistory #borderlandshistory #texashistory #alliancefortexashistory 2/
May 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
drprismmartinez.bsky.social
Audience member Dr. Antonia Castaneda challenges the panelists to think critically about how they define activism and the actions people took to organize. #texashistory #chicanohistory #borderlandshistory #alliancefortexashistory 1/
May 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM
drprismmartinez.bsky.social
Where support failed from outside of womens spaces, Chicana activists leaned on each other for support to advance the role of women in Texas politics and as a form of self-determination. #texashistory #chicanxhistory #borderlandshistory #alliancefortexashistory 4/4
May 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
drprismmartinez.bsky.social
Robles spotlights the impact of Chicano grassroots organizing in Starr County in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Robles: “Chicano organizing didn’t just mean protest, it also just meant action.” 2/2 #texashistory #borderlandshistory #chicanxhistory @alliancefortexashistory
May 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
drprismmartinez.bsky.social
When activist were asked to reflect on their actions, one activist responded, “Yes, workers should be proud of what we did. We did what was right.” #chicanxhistory #texashistory #borderlandshistory #alliancefortexashistory
May 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM