Modern History

No Dogs or Mexicans Allowed

The history of segregation in the United States is a dark tale of discrimination and…

Cinco De Mayo

Cinco de Mayo is not Mexican Independence Day, a popular misconception. Instead, it commemorates a…

Guy Gabaldon,
“Pied Piper of Saipan”

Guy Louis Gabaldon was a United States Marine who, at age 18, captured or persuaded…

Manuel Ramirez Uruchurtu,
Titanic Victim

Uruchurtu boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg. He travelled alone. On April 10th he sent a…

José Vasconcelos,
The “Cosmic Race”

José Vasconcelos, Mexican educator, politician, essayist, and philosopher, whose five-volume autobiography is one of the…

Gus Garcia,
Setting The Tone

Gustavo "Gus" C. Garcia was a Mexican-American civil rights attorney and the first Mexican-American to…

Roy Benavidez,
5 Purple Hearts

Special Forces Master Sgt. Roy Benavidez is a legend, plain and simple. The Texas native…

Santos Rodriguez,
$8 Dollars In Change

On the morning of July 24, 1973, in Dallas, Texas, 30-year-old Dallas Police Officer Darrell…