My amazing high school and undergrad classmate @HistoryBrian wrote a badass book on Mexican American and black civil rights in Texas. He’s a habitual outside-the-comfortable-space stepper. (2of5)pic.twitter.com/nAWrPay7XX
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There are many white writers who have tackled issues around Mexican Americans and Mexican immigrants. Those books were widely praised by Latinos and still read today. Here are a few on my shelf in Albuquerque @lwmunoz is one my former colleagues (1of5)pic.twitter.com/ZxNGE8Byyq
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Novelist Edna Ferber interviewed Mexican American civil rights leaders Dr Hector P Garcia and lawyer John J Herrera for her 1952 novel, “Giant.” After the book came out, she sent each a check for their time. They never cashed it. Hung it on the wall with pride (3of5)pic.twitter.com/9uJS24QX0K
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“Giant” was made into a movie starring Rock Hudson, Liz Taylor and James Dean. Director George Stevens had filmed scenes from the Holocaust in WWII. He demanded this scene of a returning Mexican American WWII soldier in Giant be including https://youtu.be/f1IuyX3A2kI (4of5)pic.twitter.com/Up3AoayMmJ
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Journalist Carey McWilliam wrote “North from Mexico: The Spanish-Speaking People of the US” in 1949 and helped Mexican American historians a generation later lay down the foundation for Chicano history. He helped a movement (5of5)pic.twitter.com/sZFW6tyGTd
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Such a thoughtful thread! Thanks,
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