My thoughts: Latinx people have many hidden histories in the United States. The long and brutal history of lynching Mexicans is being written now (see Forgotten Dead), while Garcia is teaching us more about the little-known history of segregating Mexican children in US schools. As Garcia argue, this wasn’t an accident, this wasn’t an unintended […]

My thoughts: If we don’t write our history, others will write it for us. And if you’re anything like me, you’ll probably be disappointed by what you read. Orozco has devoted her career to unearthing our people’s history. This is another powerful example of her life’s work. Their description: “In Agent of Change: Adela Sloss-Vento, Mexican […]