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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.

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.

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.

The first American POW to escape North Vietnamese captivity was a Texan. How he remembered the experience.

Nov. 11, 2021

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

Isaac “Ike” Camacho remembered hearing bullets flying. On the night of November 22, 1963, North Vietnamese forces attacked Camacho’s camp. The Americans were unprepared.

New Pandemic Oral Histories Available on the ROHA Website

Sept. 29, 2021

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

U.S. Latinos and the anguish COVID leaves behind

Sept. 28, 2021

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

The pandemic disproportionately hit people of color in the U.S., and among them, younger Latinos were those most likely to die from the coronavirus.

A new exhibit about U.S. Latinos, Latinas in World War II to open in Palacios

Sept. 19, 2021

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

PALACIOS, Texas – On September 28, a new exhibit called “Images of Valor: U.S. Latinos and Latinas in World War II” is coming to Palacios, City by the Sea Museum.

How Little Joe Hernández Discovered Latinismo And Became King Of The Brown Sound

Sept. 17, 2021

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

The Voces Oral History Center: A Mission to Preserve Hispanic Heritage

Sept. 1, 2021

This story first appeared in Hispanic Outlook on Education Magazine. An excerpt can be viewed below. To read the full story click here.