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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Vacationing while an academic… [sigh] what is this elusive work-life balance I keep hearing about??? #academia #ishouldbewriting #thatacademiclife #historian

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Importantly, however, the hearings activism of the 1968 civil rights commission allowed moments of crossover between differing Chicano activist strategies within a larger US political machine. #alliancefortexashistory #chicanohistory #mexicanamericanhistory #texashistory 3/3

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

While the hearings created reams of data for political tacticians, it also transformed Chicano communities into a “latino vote” and did not translate into tangible Latino power. 2/

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

We are still going strong in Evans 116 @alliancefortexashistory. Dr. Aaron E. Sanchez @1stworldchicano.bsky.social (@texastech ) takes center stage to talk about the importance of the 1968 US Commission on Civil Rights for the Mexican American community. 1/

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

I feel invigorated intellectually and it was rejuvenating to be in community with my peers. Until next year! #texashistory #borderlandshistory #alliancefortexashistory2025 #alliancefortexashistory 2/2

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Thanks @alliancefortexashistory for such a great conference! I’m sad I’m going to miss the final day, but my final batch of grading beckons! 1/

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Dr. Sosa-Riddell ; Yes, your comment really resonates with me and might be a useful way to frame Mexican American intellectual history. 2/2 #texashistory #chicanohistory #mexicanamericanhistory #borderlandshistory #alliancefortexashistory

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Dr. Raul Ramos offers comments to the panel that pushes them to think about the ways in which political ideals inform ethnicity and poses the thought “most would say identity is found in consensus, but maybe identity is also found in conflict.” 1/

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Clemente Idar represented the third approach that held that Mexicans needed to join labor unions while also cracking down on immigration from Mexico. 5/

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Alonso S. Perales represented a different approach that pushed against prejudicial assumptions of Mexican inferiority that prevented upward mobility. 4/

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

J. T. Canales y Ben Garza represented an economic approach that advocated for healthy economies that necessitated ethnic Mexican labor in South Texas. 3/

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

By the 1920s, Mexicans had become the dominant immigrant labor force in the southwest. According to Dávilla, this debate exposed three different reasons for opposing the Box Bill that would have placed quotas on Mexican immigrants. 2/

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

The content continues with Dr. Enrique Dávila (@slu_official ) shares a portion of his forthcoming book centering the Idar family of Laredo. In this presentation, Dávila focuses on Clement Idar, LULAC, and the 1930 Box Bill Debate. 1/

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Mexican ideas of Native capacity for self-rule that diverged from the Iberian Black Legend dominant narratives. #texashistory #chicanohistory #chicanxhistory #borderlandshistory #alliancefortexashistory 4/4

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Mexican beliefs surrounding indignity and pathways to citizenship at least on paper contrasted with US exclusionist models. Pablo de la Guerra argued for Native citizenship in the California convention that gestured towards an Indigenous self rule. 3/

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

In her work, Sosa-Riddell questions the intellectual underpinnings former Mexican nationals as they were thrust into different racial and social hierarchies. How did Mexican political agency and actions shift the meaning of race when it came to issues of suffrage and citizenship. 2/

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Se corré y se va with Dr. Citlali Sosa-Riddell ( @csusm ) shares her work on conventional rights and the intellectual legacies of Mexico in the political views of Jose Antonio Navarro y Pablo de la Guerra in the Texas and California Constitutional Conventions from 1846-1849. 1/

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Chair Raul A. Ramos (@universityofhouston ) expresses his excite@ent for this panel & says that “this type of panel is what this conference is made for.”The nuanced work being done in this panel is ideal for these spaces. 2/2 #borderlandshistory #chicanxhiatory #texashistory #mexicanamericanhistory

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

@alliancefortexashistory I’m playing catch up, but here’s a snippet of “Spectrum of Mexican American Political Ideologies” panel! 1/

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

She recounts a conversation shared with her about recruitment strategies: “you planned your daughter’s quinceñera?” “Yes, but…” “then you can do this work”. #alliancefortexashistory #texashistory #chicanohistory #borderlandshiatory #alliancefortexashistory 2/2

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Graduate student Samantha Fuentes (@utrgvhistorydept ) responds to an audience question by sharing that a strategy to get mujeres involved in the struggle… 1/

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

They were! There was an active Q&A after the papers

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Congratulations! ✨You’re a rockstar! ✨

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Dr. Robles responds to audience questions about how activists self-identify before, during, and after the movement. Mexicanas? Tejanas? Chicanas? #texashistory #chicanxhistory #borderlandshistory #alliancefortexashistory 3/

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Audience member Dr. Emilio Zamora encourages panelists to think broadly about the extensive officially recognized & community recognized networks Chicanas built across South Texas. That may or may not appear in archives. #chicanxhistory #borderlandshistory #texashistory #alliancefortexashistory 2/

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Audience member Dr. Antonia Castaneda challenges the panelists to think critically about how they define activism and the actions people took to organize. #texashistory #chicanohistory #borderlandshistory #alliancefortexashistory 1/

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Where support failed from outside of womens spaces, Chicana activists leaned on each other for support to advance the role of women in Texas politics and as a form of self-determination. #texashistory #chicanxhistory #borderlandshistory #alliancefortexashistory 4/4

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Still, chicanas faced numerous challenges and struggled to gain legitimacy. 3/

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Gonzalez highlights how women activist honed cultural norms to foment greater Chicano participation in political activism and civic participation. Chicanas wielded burgeoning feminist thought to build political power in Texas politics both as grassroots organizers and in elected offices. 2/

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

We are still going strong in Evans 114! Dr. Tiffany Gonzalez (@universityofkansas ) shares a portion of a chapter of a forthcoming publication that centers Chicano participation in La Raza Unida Party during El Movimiento. 1/

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Robles spotlights the impact of Chicano grassroots organizing in Starr County in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Robles: “Chicano organizing didn’t just mean protest, it also just meant action.” 2/2 #texashistory #borderlandshistory #chicanxhistory @alliancefortexashistory

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

The conversation continues in Evans 114! Dr. David Robles (@lamaruniversity ) shares his work on the role of local groups like the Mujeres Unidas and the greater Mexican American community’s struggle for change in the wake of the Pharr Police Riot. 1/

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

When activist were asked to reflect on their actions, one activist responded, “Yes, workers should be proud of what we did. We did what was right.” #chicanxhistory #texashistory #borderlandshistory #alliancefortexashistory

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

“Though the strike was unsuccessful, Mexican and Mexican American women inserted themselves into male dominated spaces.” Mexicanas would entrench themselves into the social political framework of El Valle. 2/

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Se corré y se va with scholar Samantha Fuentes, @utrgvhistorydept , sharing the inspirational story of Mexicana participation in the 1966-1967 Texas melon strike. 1/

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