History & Culture

• Cesar Chavez Online Resource Page 
  The United Farm Workers(UFW) has launched a new Cesar Chavez Online Resource Page. This simple visual site offers an array of information on Cesar Chavez, including video about the UFW founder, audio from Cesar Chavez’s speeches, Chavez photos and other research materials.
• The Ice House 
  An NPR report about Texas Icehouses. Part town hall, part tavern, icehouses have been a South Texas tradition since the 1920s.
• Tejano Roots 
  Dan Arellano presents “Tejano Roots” and brings to life how Tejano heroes died for the same reasons as the heroes of the Alamo in a battle many don’t know about- The Battle of Medina. “Tejano Roots” is the untold story of Tejanos who can finally claim their rightful place in the history of our country.
• Texas Tejano 
  Texas Tejano.com’s main goals are to produce publications, documentaries, plays, historical reenactments, and exhibits that celebrate and elevate the Tejano experience and legacy.
• Somos Primos 
  Dedicated to past and present articles, events and information concerning Hispanic heritage issues.
• The San Antonio Missions (no, not our local baseball team) 
  A brief discription of the 5 missions here in San Antonio. Visit this classroom-ready lesson plan that explores the 18th century missions and Spanish influence on native peoples. Here is a good site about the California missions. Oh, and click here for our baseball team.
• The Felix Longoria Affair 
  Information about the event in Three Rivers, Tx that served as a catalyst for the Civil Rights struggle among Mexican Americans in Texas.
• I am Joaquin 
  by Rodolfo Corky Gonzalez. Here is an interesting analysis by an English professor from Ohio University.
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 
  You can find a copy of the original treaty at this website
• Excerpt from the book “They Called Them Greasers” 
  Anglo Attitudes Toward Mexicans in Texas, 1821-1900 by Arnoldo De León
• The Border 
  Resources from a PBS documentary.
• South by Southwest: Mexican Americans and Segregated Schooling 
  From 1900-1950, by Vicki L. Ruiz
• A History of the Mexican-American People
  From a book by Julian Samora and Patricia Vandel Simon
• The Handbook of Texas Online 
  The Handbook of Texas Online is a multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture sponsored by the Texas State Historical Association and the General Libraries at UT Austin.
• The People and History of Mexico
  Although all countries have visible remains of their history, Mexico seems to have reminders of its past in just about every town you visit. Due to Mexico’s vast history this portion of this website contains an overview of the country’s history which shows what the rest of the world was up to as Mexico evolved.
• The Chicana/Chicano Experience in Arizona
  The Chicana/Chicano Experience in Arizona Exhibit was assembled to describe, illustrate and present historic images and documents that demonstrate, record and tell the story of the essential contributions Mexican Americans have made to the history and development of Arizona.
• A History of Mexican Americans in California 
• Plan Espiritual de Aztlan 
  (English: “Spiritual Plan of Aztlán”) is a manifesto advocating Chicano nationalism and self-determination for Mexican Americans. It was adopted by the First National Chicano Liberation Youth Conference, a March 1969 convention hosted by Rodolfo Gonzales’s Crusade for Justice in Denver, Colorado.
• Mexican-American Voices
  A Digital History Project. This Web site was designed and developed to support the teaching of American History in K-12 schools and colleges and is supported by the Department of History and the College of Education at the University of Houston.
• A curandero performs a “limpia” 
  Curandero by the name of Martin Martinez, performs a limpia (a cleansing ritual). He is praying “Las 12 verdades del mundo” (The 12 truths of the world)
• Contesting “Cinco de Mayo”
  Cultural Politics and Commercialization of the Postwar Fiesta. By José M. Alamillo at the Chicano Studies Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles. 2001
• Tejano Voices – UT Arlington Oral History Project 
  The personal recollections of 77 Tejanos and Tejanas and their struggle against racial discrimination in post-World War II Texas.
• The Irish soldiers of Mexico [Edit | Delete] [Posted By: martez]
  Interesting article about the San Patricio Battalion during the Mexican-American War (1846-1848).