Concert presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

Concert presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

Concert presented at the UNT College of Music Winspear Performance Hall.

Concert performed at UNT College of Music Kenton Hall on March 25, 2004 at 8:00 pm.

Recital performed at UNT School of Music Recital Hall on March 24, 2004 at 8:00 pm.

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

Interview with Norbert N. Gebhard. The interview includes Gebhard's personal experiences about employment by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression.

Interview with truck driver Robert Cassel. The interview includes Cassel's personal experiences about being employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression.

Bilingual education is one of the most contentious and misunderstood educational programs in the country. It raises significant questions about this country’s national identity, the nature of federalism, power, ethnicity, and pedagogy. In Contested Policy , Guadalupe San Miguel, Jr., studies the origins, evolution, and consequences of federal bilingual education policy from 1960 to 2001, with particular attention to the activist years after 1978, when bilingual policy was heatedly contested. Traditionally, those in favor of bilingual education are language specialists, Mexican American activists, newly enfranchised civil rights advocates, language minorities, intellectuals, teachers, and students. They are ideologically opposed to the assimilationist philosophy in the schools, to the structural exclusion and institutional discrimination of minority groups, and to limited school reform. On the other hand, the opponents of bilingual education, comprised at different points in time of conservative journalists, politicians, federal bureaucrats, Anglo parent groups, school officials, administrators, and special-interest groups (such as U.S. English), favor assimilationism, the structural exclusion and discrimination of ethnic minorities, and limited school reform. In the 1990s a resurgence of opposition to bilingual education succeeded in repealing bilingual legislation with an English-only piece of legislation. San Miguel deftly provides a history of these clashing groups and …

Based on documents from the Laredo Archives, Life in Laredo shows the evolution and development of daily life in a town under the flags of Spain, Mexico, and the United States. Isolated on the northern frontier of New Spain and often forgotten by authorities far away, the people of Laredo became as grand as the river that flowed by their town and left an enduring legacy in a world of challenges and changes. Because of its documentary nature, Life in Laredo offers in sights into the nitty-gritty of the comings and goings of its early citizens not to be found elsewhere. Robert D. Wood, S.M., presents the first one hundred years of history and culture in Laredo up to the mid-nineteenth century, illuminating--with primary source evidence--the citizens' beliefs, cultural values, efforts to make a living, political seesawing, petty quarreling, and constant struggles against local Indians. He also details rebellious military and invading foreigners among the early settlers and later townspeople. Scholars and students of Texas and Mexican American history, as well as the Laredoans celebrating the 250th anniversary (in 2005) of Laredo's founding, will welcome this volume. "Although there have been a number of books on the history of Laredo, …

Concert performed at UNT College of Music Recital Hall on March 11, 2004 at 8:00 pm.

Concert performed at UNT Murchison Performing Arts Center, Winspear Performance Hall on March 11, 2004 at 7:30 pm.

Concert performed at UNT Murchison Performing Arts Center, Winspear Performance Hall on March 9, 2004 at 8:00 pm.

Concert presented at the UNT College of Music Kenton Hall.

Recital performed at UNT College of Music Concert Hall on March 4, 2004 at 8:00 pm.

Recital performed at UNT College of Music Recital Hall on March 2, 2004 at 8:00 pm.

Video footage from the Tommie L. Wyatt Collection. The video is from Michael Lofton's talk show where Tommie L. Wyatt was a guest. Topics discussed include the history of the Villager newspaper, the history of the Black registry, the importance of Black media, and the importance of the Black vote.