Omar S. Valerio-Jiménez (Professor of History, The University of Texas at San Antonio)
September 23, 2025
Advisor(s): David Beller and Megan Cole, NHC Teacher Advisory Council
Mexican American civil rights are often associated with the farmworkers’ struggles, but their reform movements were more varied and began in the mid-nineteenth century. How are Mexican American civil rights reform movements linked across generations? Why have these reform movements recalled the US-Mexican War?
This webinar focuses on the ways that collective memories of the US-Mexican War have shaped Mexican Americans’ civil rights struggles over several generations. Participants can expect to learn about the importance of the war and the subsequent treaty in motivating civil rights activism, the significance of collective war memories, and the variety of Mexican American civil rights movements.
Subjects
History / Mexican Americans / Civil Rights / Memory / War / Citizenship /
Rights
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