Last time, I discussed the first phase of Mexico’s Revolution, when Francisco Madero challenged the three decades-long dictator, Porfirio Díaz, in the 1910 election. Díaz won the election, but ...
SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio's Mexican American heritage can be spotted in small structures and casitas that line the near west side, from neighborhood mercados to a visitor center opened last fall by ...
How Did Service in Mexico Influence Later Performance? In recognition of the importance of the Mexican-American War in military education, Prof. Johnson (Lipscomb University) has collected essays on ...
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Introduction / Brian D. Behnken -- Not similar enough: Mexican American and African American civil rights struggles in the 1940s / Lisa Y. Ramos -- The movement in the mirror: civil rights and the ...
The second or guerilla stage of the Mexican Civil War was definitely be-gun and no hope of an early peace was forecast. The usual contradictory reports were forthcoming in the usual profusion. The ...
Former Arizona legislator and all-around nice guy Tom Prezelski is raising money on Kickstarter to finish his quite-cleverly-titled book on a bit of Mexican-American history during the Civil War, ...
Next War On Drugs Front: Corruption The Economist sounds the alarm: Are cash-rife cartels flooding money to American border officials? Is corruption the next front in the war on drugs? "As it becomes ...
Since 1882, the two-story Victorian-style structure at 223 Congress Ave. has served as everything from a saloon to a church and an art gallery. Built by Gustave Adolph Bahn, the edifice incorporates ...
After the defeat of the rebels at Puebla a fortnight ago, the second stage of the war was begun by the battle of Guadalajara, which is the third largest city in Mexico and one of the richest farming ...