Browse Exhibits (2 total)

Unequal Ground: Policy and Resistance in Austin, Texas

When the government encodes racial inequality into law and urban space, it creates conditions that marginalized communities are forced to confront and whose effects continue to shape who has access to resources and care in the city today. In Austin, the racial segregation of neighborhoods and resources created environmental and social conditions that disadvantaged communities of color across the city.

1900s, 1928 plan, 20th Century, Activism, Advocacy, African American, Black American, City planning, Community engagement, Deaf education, Disability access, Environmental Activism, Environmental Justice, Environmental racism, Housing discrimination, Mexican American, PODER, Public health, Racial discrimination, Racial inequality, Racism, segregated education, Segregation, tank farms, Texas School for Blind Deaf and Dumb Colored Youths, Texas School of the Blind, visually impaired education, Zoning

Generating Activism and Ideological Mobilization: Leftist Organization in Latino Communities from the 1930s to 1980s

This exhibit draws upon primary sources at the Benson and Briscoe Archives to analyze different leftist organizing and consciousness-raising strategies in Latino unions and communities across North and Latin America.

Credits:

Parker Aguilera, Alex Goralski, Ramiro de los Santos, and Sydney Thornborrow

1930s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, Activism, Art, Austin, Chicano, Communism, Cuba, Labor, Latino, Mexican American, Socialism, Texas