By Edward Shore White terror and racial strife inflamed the Texas-Mexico border at the turn of the twentieth century. Historians estimate that police officers, Texas Rangers, vigilante groups, and ordinary civilians alike massacred between several hundred and five-thousand people of Mexican descent residing in the southern Texas borderlands between 1910 and 1920. The victims included […]
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East Avenue
Before Interstate Highway 35 divided Austin, East Avenue was the line that separated white and non-white Austin. Whites lived west of the East Avenue and African Americans and Mexican Americans occupied the area to the east. But before that, before the 1930s, black Austinites resided in enclaves throughout the city, says Eric Tang, Associate Professor of […]
UT Antiquities Action
UT Antiquities Action is a group of students, faculty, and staff working to raise awareness about the destruction, looting, and illicit trafficking of antiquities around the world. They aim to educate and inspire by carrying out audacious, highly visible actions designed to raise awareness on our campus, in our communities, and beyond. They have a […]