The wild turkey (Meleagrisgallopavo), 🦃 originally native to #Mexico, was domesticated by Mesoamerican peoples at least 2,000 years ago. This domestication is distinct from a separate event that occurred in the American #Southwest. The ancient #Aztecs, #Maya, and #Zapotec kept

The L.A. Chicano art community sadly sends off one of our great friends, artist Jose Lozano, who passed away last week.

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🕯Día de los Muertos is upon us.🕯 Join us in remembering the stories and honoring the lives of those who have been victims of racial violence in Texas and those who have fought against these cultures of violence. View our virtual ofrendas on our website. refusingtoforget.org/dia-de-los-m...

#OTD #HBD 🎂 10-32-1931 Tony de la Rosa was an influential accordionist who modernized #conjunto music in the mid-20th century. Born in 1931 in Sarita, Texas, he introduced amplified instruments, drums, and a slower polka tempo, which defined the "classic era" of conjunto. His innovative sound and

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#OTD #HBD🎂 10-29-1911 Narciso Martínez, the "father" of the Texas-Mexican #conjunto, Born in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico. His parents immigrated to the US the year of Narciso's birth & settled in La Paloma, near #Brownsville, Texas. The family often migrated from one town to another doing #farmwork,

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#OTD 1940 The Fair Labor Standards #Act of 1938 mandates a 40-hour work week with time-and-a-half #overtime pay for hours of work beyond that goes into effect. The legislation was passed to eliminate #labor conditions detrimental to the maintenance of the minimum standard of living necessary

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#OTD 1921 #HBD 🎂 Carmen Hernández Marroquín, a member of the noted Tejana sisters duet, Carmen y Laura, was born in #Kingsville on October 16, 1921. She married Armando Marroquín, a legendary #Tejano music record producer, on November 20, 1936.

Explore culturally rich stories by Latino creators on GlobalComix’s iOS/Android apps or website. Let’s celebrate Hispanic heritage together! 💪 #ChispaComics #GlobalComix #HispanicHeritageMonth #LatinoStories

#OTD 🪦 #Detroit printer, labor #organizer, and #anarchist, Joseph “Jo” Labadie, dies. Around 1910 Labadie began to prepare for the preservation of the vast collection of pamphlets, newspapers, magazines, manuscripts, and ephemera he had acquired over his lifetime.

#OTD 1964 🎂 Stevie Ray Vaughan was a legendary #Texas blues guitarist who revived the blues-rock #genre in the 80s. Known for his fiery playing, soulful vocals, & emotional intensity, he blended traditional #blues with rock and #funk. His exceptional technique and powerful performances with his band

#OTD October 2, 1800 Nat Turner was born into slavery in Southampton County, #Virginia. In 1831, Turner led a slave #revolt, freeing slaves & killing white men, women, & children, before being captured by #militia, tried, and hanged. The state reimbursed the slaveholders for their slaves;

Get one for yourself or a Chicago area friend. We need “animo” and uplifting messages at this time so we can keep up the good spirits while we RESIST!

Rangers and other state agents took most of the plaintiffs in the NAACP school desegregation case to a Justice of the Peace in Dallas where they were interrogated about their roles in the suit./6

FBI agents interviewed at least some of the NAACP’s clients. One said a Ranger implied that this individual’s asserting of their constitutional rights could lead to him being fired from his job. That was an effort to stop the desegregation lawsuit. /5

Black Texans had reason to fear Rangers. Their torture of Bob White had led a Texas court, and then the U.S. Supreme Court, to throw out a conviction, before he was murdered in court. Rangers had participated in numerous lynchings and murders as well.. /4 refusingtoforget.org/bob-white/

Marshall complained that Rangers and other state agents interviewed Black parents and threatened them with imprisonment and “economic pressure” while NAACP attorneys were out of town. /3

Marshall, Chief Counsel of the NAACP, was advising Dallas families in an effort to desegregate the city’s schools, pursuant to the ruling in Brown v. Board of Education two years before. /2 www.nps.gov/brvb/index.htm

#OTD in 1956, legendary civil rights attorney Thurgood Marshall wrote to J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI, complaining of Ranger intimidation of Black citizens who had sued Dallas over school segregation. /1

OTD 1899 Mother Jones organizes the #wives of striking miners in Arnot, Pennsylvania, to descend on the mine with brooms & mops & clanging pots & pans. “I told the men to stay home with the children for a change and let the women attend to the #scabs.” The women frightened away the mules,

Historians estimate that between 100-300 ethnic Mexicans were killed between August 1915 and June 1916. Residents of the area refer to this period as “la matanza,” or the massacre, due to the indiscriminate violence. /5

In response to revolutionary violence in Mexico and the Plan de San Diego uprising, the state government flooded the border area with Texas Rangers and other law enforcement, leading to strong racial division and the killing of many innocents. /4

The men had two choices. Report the theft and face revenge from the raiders or their allies, or ignore it and risk being accused of supporting “bandit activities.” /3

Raiders from Mexico had ridden onto their Hidalgo County ranch and stolen horses and other supplies, so the men were faced with a predicament. /2

#OTD in 1915, Texas Rangers murdered Jesús Bazan and his son-in-law, Antonio Longoria, in cold blood. /1

My latest for CALÓ News: FCC Chair Brendan Carr went from acknowledging that satire is important to a free society, to going full fake mob boss.

Me, now: I never want to get on another plane again. Two weeks from now: I CAN’T FOR NEW YORK COMIC CON!

My latest for CALÓ News: Late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel has been censored by way of the United States government, and it is extremely illegal and dangerous. This must be reversed. Support this platform at calonews.com/lalodrive #WeArtJimmyKimmel #IamGuillermo

#OTD September 18, 2000, A two-year strike by and subsequent lockout of 2,900 workers represented by the United #Steelworkers at five Kaiser Aluminum plants in three states ended following binding arbitration. At issue were #wages and benefits, contracting out work, and job cuts,

Last week, Las STEMateras, an all-girls Hydrogen Grand Prix (H2GP) team from Hilda Solis High School in Boyle Heights competed in the H2GP World Finals in Chemnitz, Germany, earning an impressive seventh place among dozens of international teams.

At El Museo del Barrio, every day is #HispanicHeritageMonth! Honored to be featured on @abc7.bsky.social, highlighting our role as a cornerstone of East Harlem and a platform for Latine & Latin American art. 🔗 abc7ny.com/post/el-muse...

#OTD in 1810, Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla's grito de Dolores ("cry of Dolores") at the village of Dolores, near Guanajuato, called for the end of Spanish rule in #Mexico. On September 16, 1825, the Republic of Mexico officially declared September 16 its national Independence Day.

⁠ Join us September 19 for a full day of art, music, panels, and community as we honor voices like Hector’s who remind us why Latino storytelling matters.⁠

#CreARTE Festival — and bringing you the incredible storytelling of Hector Rodriguez! 🙌🎨⁠ ⁠