By Jesus Jesse Esparza In 1836 newcomers from the United States along with their Tejano (Texas Mexicans) allies, took up arms against the Mexican government and successfully seceded from that nation. Following the Battle of San Jacinto, which ended the Texas Revolution, Texians (Anglo Texans) ordered Mexican prisoners to clean the swampland on which Houston […]
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Coming to Houston Vol. 3, No. 1 (Fall 2005) Download PDFLetter from Editor Joe Pratt 4 Coming to Houston: 170 Years of Migration 12 Shattered Lives, New Beginnings: Holocaust Survivors in Houston by Jenna Berger 18 The New Latinos and Houston’s Global Pueblo by Jan Swellander Rosin 20 The Houston Catholic Worker: Casa Juan Diego, […]
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