Latino History

The FBI and CIA surveilled the Latino civil rights movement and its leaders in the 1960s and '70s at the height of the communist panic. Democratic Congressman Joaquin Castro and his mother, activist Rosie Castro, talk about the effort to establish a clear historical record of the movement.

The exhibit is on display at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio through March 31 and was arranged by Refusing to Forget, a group of historians who work to bring awareness to the period of state-sanctioned violence against Mexicans in Texas.

The Mexican American Studies course is offered to students at Jefferson High School in San Antonio. Fronteras visited the class in January to speak with the educators who helped bring the course to life, and to students on what the class has taught them so far.

The Raza Unida candidate, and first person of Hispanic descent to appear on the Texas general election gubernatorial ballot, leaves behind a complicated legacy.

Anthology "Reverberations of Racial Violence: Critical Reflections on the History of the Border," delves into the systematic killings of Mexican Texans during the 20th century.

The late 1960s were defined by civil rights protests and political unrest. While some religious leaders participated in these protests, Latino activists in large U.S. cities felt abandoned by the churches meant to serve them.

Latino activists fed up with the lack of social services occupied churches in U.S. cities in the late 1960s