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Educator, decorated veteran and Austin high school namesake Gonzalo Garza has died at age 95

May 31, 2022

This story first appeared in the Austin American-Statesman. An excerpt can be viewed below. To read or listen to the full story click here.

Gonzalo Garza — educator, student advocate, decorated war veteran and namesake for Garza Independence High School in East Austin — died May 17 at age 95.

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How a school walkout in Uvalde helped spark the 1970s Chicano rights movement

May 31, 2022

This story first appeared on Texas Standard. An excerpt can be viewed below. To read or listen to the full story click here.

Mexican American students in the South Texas town walked out in protest of unequal treatment by the white-run school system.

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The Mexican American Civil Rights Links in Uvalde

May 26, 2022

This story first appeared in Axios. An excerpt can be viewed below. To read or listen to the full story click here.

Uvalde, Texas, may have been unknown to most Americans before Tuesday's mass shooting, but this town has deep roots in the Mexican American struggle for civil rights.

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Listening to Latina/o Voices: Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez.

July 19, 2021

The University of Houston Center for Public History shared their Public Historians at Work podcast episode from July 2021 featuring Voces Oral History Center founder and director Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez.