Video of Dr. Torget's lecture on the factors leading to revolution in Texas, covering: (1) Disturbances at Anahuac and Velasco, (2) Texans as Ardent Federalists, (3) The Quest for Separate Statehood, (4) Cotton Boom!, (5) Chaos of 1835, Revolution Begins.

American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on the factors leading to revolution in Texas, covering: (1) Disturbances at Anahuac and Velasco, (2) Texans as Ardent Federalists, (3) The Quest for Separate Statehood, (4) Cotton Boom!, (5) Chaos of 1835, Revolution Begins. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.

Video of Dr. Torget's lecture about Texas near the end of the 19th century, including: (1) The Problem of Cotton, (2) The Grange, (3) The Farmer's Alliance, (4) Rise of the Populists, (5) Election of 1892.

American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture about Texas near the end of the 19th century, including: (1) The Problem of Cotton, (2) The Grange, (3) The Farmer's Alliance, (4) Rise of the Populists, (5) Election of 1892. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.

Video of Dr. Torget's lecture about the U.S. Civil War, covering: (1) War Breaks Out, (2), Texans in the Confederate Armies, (3) Life on the Homefront, (4) End of War, End of Slavery.

American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture about the U.S. Civil War, covering: (1) War Breaks Out, (2), Texans in the Confederate Armies, (3) Life on the Homefront, (4) End of War, End of Slavery. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.

Video of Dr. Torget's lecture on the factors leading to revolution in Texas, covering: (1) A Ridiculous Rebellion in East Texas, (2) Constitution of 1827, (2) Decree 56, Thwarting Mexican Law, (4) Law of April 6, 1830.

American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on the factors leading to revolution in Texas, covering: (1) A Ridiculous Rebellion in East Texas, (2) Constitution of 1827, (2) Decree 56, Thwarting Mexican Law, (4) Law of April 6, 1830. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.

Video of Dr. Torget's lecture on Mexican governance of Texas, covering: (1) Establishing the Austin Colony (2) Mexico City, Centralism Vs. Federalism, (3) The Problem of Slavery, (4) The Constitution of 1824, (5) A Rebellion in East Texas.

American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on Mexican governance of Texas, covering: (1) Establishing the Austin Colony (2) Mexico City, Centralism Vs. Federalism, (3) The Problem of Slavery, (4) The Constitution of 1824, (5) A Rebellion in East Texas. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.

Video of Dr. Torget's lecture about the early 20th century in Texas, covering: (1) Rise and Fall of James Ferguson, (2) Mexican Revolution, (3) World War I.

American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture about the early 20th century in Texas, covering: (1) Rise and Fall of James Ferguson, (2) Mexican Revolution, (3) World War I. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the Dress Performance Theatre series of "Fredrick Douglas Now," starring Roger Guenveur Smith. The performance was held on April 26th, 2013 at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre. The footage shows Smith giving an inspiring performance highlighting the American abolitionist Frederick Douglass.

Video of Dr. Torget's lecture on the end of Spanish colonization and rule in Texas, covering: (1) Texas by 1800; (2) Major Problems for Spain in Texas: [a] Louisiana Purchase, 1803, [b] Mexican War for Independence, 1810-1820.

American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on the end of Spanish colonization and rule in Texas, covering: (1) Texas by 1800; (2) Major Problems for Spain in Texas: [a] Louisiana Purchase, 1803, [b] Mexican War for Independence, 1810-1820. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.

Gloria Rubac was born in Oklahoma, TX. in 1946. After witnessing racial discrimination in Oklahoma throughout her youth, Rubac traveled to Houston in 1968 to teach in the Northforest School District. She became involved in the John Brown Revolutionary League, a radical white youth organization that was a part of a Rainbow Coalition with the People's Party II. Wanting to become more active in supporting Brown and Black organizations, Rubac joined the Huelga School movement as a teacher and protestor. She talks about her succeeding involvement in supporting the Chicana/o Moratorium, the Mexican American Youth Organization, the People's Party II, the Worker's World, and the Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement, which she has dedicated her life to. Rubac also discusses inter-racial solidarity as well as discrimination in Houston, particularly police brutality as it relates to the assassination of Carl Hampton, the Jose Campos Torres incident, and the Moody Park Rebellion.

Louise Villejo was born in 1953 in San Antonio, TX. She migrated to Houston when she was three years old and grew up witnessing white flight in the Sunnyside neighborhood in Houston. After attending Catholic schools, she become involved in the University of Houston Mexican American Youth Organization. Villejo talks about how she was a leader in Mujeres Unidas, an organization where Chicana feminists addressed women's issues and developed Teatro Mujeres Unidas. At this time, she was involved in cross-racial efforts as a ethnic student council representative. Villejo also discusses her participation in and experiences with some of the major Chicana and mainstream feminist conferences, including the 1975 Chicana Identity Conference, the 1975 International Women's Year Conference in Mexico City, and the 1977 International Women's Year Conference. She describes the Jose Campos Torres incident and the Moody Park Rebellion. She ends the interview by talking about her involvement in Latina/o patient advocacy, something she has dedicated her adult life to.

Daniel Bustamante was born in Corpus Christi in 1948 and was raised in both Mathis and Corpus Christi. He grew up in a farm worker family and attended the "Mexican" School in Mathis. His activist consciousness began in 1965, when he left to California to work in the fields--the discrimination he faced changed him. In addition, he became a conscious objector during the Vietnam War. He attended Del Mar College from 1967-1969, where he became involved in the Anti-War Movement, the Young Democrats, and supported the UFW Grape Boycott. He moved to Houston in 1969 to attend the University of Houston. At UH, he became involved in MAYO efforts. In 1975, he hosted a party that ended in an incident of police brutality. Bustamante, along with 2 other activists (Eddie Canales and Elliot ?) sued HPD in Federal Court and won in 1979. In 1977-1978, in the aftermath of the Joe Campos Torres death and the Moody Park Rebellion, Bustamante led several marches and pickets to demonstrate against police brutality in Houston. In the late 1970s, he worked at Casa de Amigos in the Northside, an institution geared to address health care isses and drug abuse in the community. In …

Video of Dr. Torget's lecture on the Texas Revolution, covering: (1) Chaos of Late 1835, (2) Battle of San Antonio.

American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on the Texas Revolution, covering: (1) Chaos of Late 1835, (2) Battle of San Antonio. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.

Video of Dr. Torget's lecture on the Texas Revolution (continued from part 2), covering: (3) Aftermath of the Siege of the Alamo, (4) Massacre at Goliad, (5) Runaway Scrape, (6) San Jacinto.

American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on the Texas Revolution (continued from part 2), covering: (3) Aftermath of the Siege of the Alamo, (4) Massacre at Goliad, (5) Runaway Scrape, (6) San Jacinto. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.

Mr. Barrios was born and raised in Victoria, Texas. He started working for the local newspaper at the age of 16, writing book reviews. He was drafted into the military, trained as a medic and stationed in Austin, where he attended UT. He later became politicized and joined SDS, involved in anti-war activism. After graduating from college, he taught high school level English in San Antonio and later moved to Crystal City to support the 1969 walkout, eventually staying as a teacher. He wrote several plays that touched upon to Chicano/a identity and politics. Throughout the interview, Mr. Barrios discussed sexism in the Chicano movement, and the exclusion of LGBT Chicanos/as.

Samuel Collins was born in Galveston, Texas in 1971. He grew up in Hitchcock with his mother and grandparents, and spent time in Galveston with his father's family. He grew up in a predominantly African American community but attended the integrated schools. He attended Texas A&M University. After he graduated, he moved to Corpus Christi in 1995 but quickly returned to Houston in 1996. In 2012 he decided to become his own boss and opened his own business. In 2005, Collins and his wife purchased the Stringfellow Orchards after he saw a historical marker on the road. Since then, he has endeavored to restore the property and highlight the histories of African Americans who worked in the orchards following the Civil War. Collins has also been involved in Juneteeth Celebrations in both Galveston and Hitchcock, and other historic preservation efforts in Galveston County. In his interview, he details the need for historical preservation in the African American community.