García family, ca. 1920. Image courtesy of Robert Runyon Photograph Collection, RUN09442, The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin
Life and Death on the Border 1910-1920 sheds light on a difficult time in history that included both the Mexican Revolution and World War I. This exhibit examines the hardships and racial violence faced by people of Mexican descent on the border between Texas and Mexico in the second decade of the 20th century. The conflict in Texas would spur the Mexican American civil rights movement and inspire a cultural renaissance along the border and beyond that can still be felt today.
Originally produced by the Bullock Texas State History Museum in collaboration with Refusing to Forget.
