NEW DATE!
Due to unforeseen circumstances, we are moving this MACRI Talk to Thursday!
Join us for a virtual conversation with El Paso native, historian, & author Dr. David Dorado Romo about his recent book BORDERLANDS AND THE MEXICAN AMERICAN STORY. Written for middle school and high school readers, this book explores the history of Mexican Americans in the U.S. Southwest. Romo fills gaps and dispels myths sometimes found in American history. He highlights the stories of people who have lived in this land since before 1848, the difficult histories of enslavement, discrimination, and racial violence as borders were created, and the contributions of civil rights trailblazers and young people toward equality.
🎁 This book will make a great holiday gift for young readers! What better gift for our youth than the opportunity to see themselves and their ancestors in history?
📍This event will livestream on Thursday, December 12, 2024, at 6 PM Central on MACRI’s Facebook at https://bit.ly/FB-MACRI and YouTube at https://bit.ly/YT-MACRI.
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About the author
David Romo is a writer, translator, musician, and historian from the American Southwest. He is a fronterizo, and grew up and lives on the border between Mexico and the United States. Romo conducted a four-year search to document the area's important history, resulting in the book “Ringside Seat to a Revolution: An Underground Cultural History of El Paso and Juarez, 1893-1923.” His latest book, “Borderlands and The Mexican-American Story” tells the history of America from the perspective of Mexican Americans, correcting common falsehoods and celebrating underrepresented heroes and achievements.
About the book
Borderlands and the Mexican American Story tells the story of America from the Mexican American perspective. Romo shares the history of the people who lived in the present-day U.S. Southwest long before any borders existed. Mexican American culture and practices shaped the Southwestern part of this country in spite of relentless attempts to erase them. From missions and the Alamo to muralists, revolutionaries, and teen trailblazers, this is a story about the Mexican American experience.
📖 Pick up a copy of BORDERLANDS AND THE MEXICAN AMERICAN STORY at your local library or bookstore so you can read it before our conversation and share your questions and comments.
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MACRI’s programs are funded in part by the City of San Antonio Department of Arts & Culture, Bexar County, the Mellon Foundation, the John L. Santikos Charitable Foundation Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation, Wells Fargo, and individual donors like you! Gracias! 🫶🏽
As always, views and ideas shared by presenters do not necessarily reflect those of the MACRI, its staff, or funders.
