Volume 9, Number 1 By Houston History Magazine on January 1, 2012 in Arts & Culture, Communities, Food, Houstonians, Music, Past Issues, Politics, Race & Ethnicity Houston: Nuestra Historia Vol. 9, No. 1 (Fall 2011) Download PDF Letter from Guest Editor Natalie Garza 2 La Colonia Mexicana: A History of Mexican Americans in Houston by Jesus Jesse Esparza 9 Trailblazers in Houston’s East End: The Impact of Ripley House and the Settlement Association on Houston’s Hispanic Population by Thomas McWhorter 14 The “Mother Church” of Mexican Catholicism in Houston by Natalie Garza 20 Lydia Mendoza: Houstonian and First Woman of Tejano Music by Aimee L’Heureux 25 The Chicano Movement in Houston and Texas: A Personal Memory by Carlos Calbillo c/s 30 House Special: Mexican Food & Houston Politics by Mikaela Selley 36 Tatcho Mindiola, Jr.: A Visionary at the University of Houston by Debbie Z. Harwell 38 Finding A Way: Developing the Center for Mexican American Studies at UH by Tatcho Mindiola, Jr. 44 Center of Dreams: Talento Bilingue de Houston by Richard Reyes 48 The Fight for Bilingual Education in Houston: An Insider’s Perspective by Guadalupe San Miguel, Jr. 52 News Updates & Books by Barbara Eaves Follow bilingual education, catholicism, Center for Mexican American Studies, Chicano Movement, East End, Hispanics, Houston, Lydia Mendoza, Mexican Americans, Mexican food, Ripley House, Talento Bilingue de Houston, Tatcho Mindiola, Tejano music, University of Houston
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