Life and Death on the Border 1910-1920
January 24 - May 25,2025
From Holocaust Museum Houston:
"Life and Death on the Border 1910-1920, a groundbreaking exhibition shedding light on a difficult time in history that included both the Mexican Revolution and World War I, will be on view in Holocaust Museum Houston’s Josef and Edith Mincberg Gallery January 24, 2025 through May 25, 2025.
Bilingual in Spanish and English, Life and Death on the Border 1910-1920 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. Photographs, newspaper articles and firsthand accounts tell the story of a time of conflict and social upheaval. With railroad expansion and demographic change came prejudice and racial strife which threatened Tejano families who had been long-time inhabitants and landowners in the region.
The conflict in Texas would spur the Mexican American civil rights movement, including the formation of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and the Chicano movement that flourished in the 1970s. It would also inspire a cultural renaissance along the border and beyond that can still be felt today.
Life and Death on the Border 1910-1920 was originally produced by the Bullock Texas State History Museum in collaboration with Refusing to Forget.
For tickets and more information, please visit hmh.org/lifeanddeath.
Holocaust Museum Houston, Lester and Sue Smith Campus, is fully bilingual in English and Spanish. Located at 5401 Caroline Street, HMH is closed Mondays except Martin Luther King Jr. Day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; open Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 5 p.m. The Bagel Shop @ The Museum is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 5 p.m. Admission is $22 for adults; $16 for seniors (ages 65+), AARP members and active duty servicemembers; always free for ages 18 and under and college students with valid student ID; and free to all visitors Thursdays from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Parking is available at the Museum’s adjacent lot for $8 for a four-hour period. Tickets are available exclusively online. For more information, visit hmh.org/visit.
This travel exhibit has been made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Sustaining Humanities through the American Rescue Plan in partnership with the American Historical Association.”
“Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in “Life and Death on the Border, 1910-1920” do not necessarily represent those of the American Historical Association or the National Endowment for the Humanities.”"
On View: January 24, 2024 | 12-5 pm
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