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Nicholas Villanueva, author of The Lynching of Mexicans in the Texas Borderlands, talked about how Texans' fear of Mexican revolutionaries often turned to violence during the 1910s. American…

Five Spanish missions make up the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Texas A & M Humanities Librarian Joel Kitchens spoke about their history and th…

Western History Association president Donald Fixico described current areas of study for western historians and how the field of Native American history has changed over the past decade. He …

Historian Alicia Gutierrez-Romine of La Sierra University talked about abortion during the mid-20th century, especially in California. She described abortion restrictions, access to illegal …

University of Texas at Austin history Professor Erika Bsumek talked about land use and water access on the Colorado Plateau, highlighting the differences between Navajo and Mormon settlers i…

The first fence along the U.S.-Mexico border, intended for cattle, was built in the early 1900s. Penn State professor Mary E. Mendoza talked about how immigration and border barriers changed…

Oklahoma State University Professor Jared Eberle talked about Native American activism in the 1970s, including the Red Power Movement, and the occupation of Alcatraz and Wounded Knee. Americ…

At the turn of the 20th century, African Americans moved to Los Angeles for jobs, community, and the promise of equality. Marne Campbell, author of Making Black Los Angeles: Class, Gender, a…

Historian Alice Baumgartner talked about the tension along the border between Mexico and the Republic of Texas during the mid-19th century because of differing laws over slavery. American Hi…