People's History in Texas Archives - People's History in Texas https://peopleshistoryintexas.org/uncategorized/peoples-history-in-texas/ Thu, 29 Feb 2024 16:59:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://peopleshistoryintexas.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-logo-32x32.png People's History in Texas Archives - People's History in Texas https://peopleshistoryintexas.org/uncategorized/peoples-history-in-texas/ 32 32 Melissa Hield https://peopleshistoryintexas.org/melissa-hield/ Thu, 29 Feb 2024 16:59:25 +0000 https://peopleshistoryintexas.org/?page_id=3026 “I co-founded People’s History in Texas in 1976 to bring to life stories of ordinary people and significant social and political movements.“ Melissa Hield is PHIT’s executive director. A founding member of PHIT, she also serves on the board. In 2019 she retired as an executive at a Texas state agency where she specialized in strategic, business, and project planning. […]

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]]> SARAH VOGEL THE FARMER’S LAWYER https://peopleshistoryintexas.org/1410-2/ https://peopleshistoryintexas.org/1410-2/#respond Tue, 11 Jan 2022 19:09:39 +0000 https://peopleshistoryintexas.org/?p=1410 x SINGLE MOM LAWYER TAKES DOWN THE USDA The midwest farm sector in the 1980s experienced the worst crisis since the Great Depression.  Some of downturn was due to bad weather and some of it was general economic conditions.  Most of the destruction was caused by Ronald Reagan and his free-market presidency.  Reagan’s minions deliberately dismantled the agricultural financial support […]

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]]> https://peopleshistoryintexas.org/1410-2/feed/ 0 Bastrop County Freedom Colonies https://peopleshistoryintexas.org/bastrop-county-freedom-colonies/ https://peopleshistoryintexas.org/bastrop-county-freedom-colonies/#respond Sat, 23 Nov 2019 20:52:41 +0000 https://peopleshistoryintexas.org/?p=655 Bastrop County Museum The Bastrop County Museum has a wonderful exhibit on a series of previously unrecognized Freedom Colonies in Bastrop County.  This exhibit has now been moved to the Elgin Depot Museum and will be there until February.  People interested in Texas History should most definitely plan to visit this exhibit. On June 17th, 1865 (Juneteenth)  General Granger landed […]

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]]> https://peopleshistoryintexas.org/bastrop-county-freedom-colonies/feed/ 0 Pecan Shellers Strike https://peopleshistoryintexas.org/pecan-shellers-strike/ Fri, 04 Oct 2019 22:02:43 +0000 https://peopleshistoryintexas.org/?p=635 Steven Harrigan’s New Book on Texas Steven Harrigan published an excerpt from his new and highly anticipated book, Big Wonderful Thing, in the Literary Hub.  In it, he tells a story about the Pecan Shellers Strike in 1938, and mentions Emma Tenayuca, and Latane Lambert.  He tells the story quickly and well.   Further material on the Pecan Shellers Strike […]

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