Mexican American Civil Rights Institute

"International Women's Day
Recognizing all the women who have worked to expand civil and human rights, today and every day. #AdelanteMujeres"

#OTD in 1927, the Supreme Court decided Nixon v. Herndon, striking down a Texas law that barred Black voters from Democratic primaries. Dr. Lawrence A. Nixon of El Paso challenged his exclusion & won. The ruling helped pave the way to ending white primaries in 1944.

Happy birthday to civil rights trailblazer J.T. Canales! Born #OTD in 1877, José Tomás Canales was a lawyer, businessman, & the only Mexican American state house rep in Texas in the early 20th century. He led an investigation into the Texas Rangers & helped establish LULAC.

San Antonio! Join us tomorrow at the Bazan Library for "Impossible Identities: Mexican Americans After the Alamo" with Dr. Raul Ramos.

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🌸 Announcing our Spring Shelf Drive🌸

Precious artifacts need safe storage! Our archival collection has been growing & we need additional archive-safe shelves & boxes. Please consider a donation to our Spring Shelf Drive 👉🏽 mexicanamericancivilrightsinstitute-bloom.kindful.com?campaign=140...

Join MACRI & MonteVideo, in partnership with UNAM and AIT-SCM, to continue Latina Spring with a screening of LI CHAM. The film follows three Tsotsil women who return to the land to rebuild their lives in the wake of profound loss.

🗓️Tuesday, March 24 | 7 PM
📍UNAM San Antonio
RSVP: buff.ly/smpo9Wp

Thanks to everyone who came out for last night's Latina Spring: Femme Frontera Showcase screening! Special thanks to UNAM San Antonio for hosting the event, plus guests Jackie Barragan, co-director of Femme Frontera, & filmmakers Celina Galicia and Bianca Lambert.

We hope to see you on March 24th!

It looks like we'll have a full house for Latina Spring: Femme Frontera Showcase screening! Seating is first come, first served so please arrive at 6:30!

Need parking? It's Downtown Tuesday, & parking is free after 5pm at most City-owned lots, including the nearby Alamo Lot at 418 S. Alamo.

On view now through the end of March at the MACRI Visitor Center: "William Merriweather Peña: The Father of Architectural Programming."

The exhibit gallery is open Monday through Friday, 10 AM—NOON and 1 - 4 PM, or by appointment.

Learn more at buff.ly/uRwtwWN

Happy birthday to Ruben Salazar, born #OTD in 1928. A pioneering journalist, he brought national attention to the Mexican American experience and the Chicano Movement through his reporting at the Los Angeles Times and KMEX-TV. He was tragically killed in 1970 while covering the Chicano Moratorium.

Join us this week at MACRI!

All event details can be found on our website at somosmacri.org!

Tomorrow! Join MACRI & MonteVideo, in partnership with UNAM & LCRC, to kick-off Latina Spring with FEMME FRONTERA, a collection of short films centering women & gender-expansive people within the U.S./Mexico border.

🗓️Tuesday, March 3 | 7 PM
📍UNAM San Antonio

RSVP: somosmacri.org/event/film-l...

#OTD in 1968, over 15,000 high school students in the predominantly Mexican American community of East Los Angeles walked out of class in protest of unequal treatment & conditions in the neighborhood's public schools - an event that would become known as the East LA Blowouts.

Happy birthday to civil rights trailblazer Joe Bernal! Born #OTD in 1927, former social worker, teacher & TX legislator, Bernal contributed to the first minimum wage law in Texas, the creation of state-supported kindergarten, and Texas’s first bilingual education act in 1969.

🌸 Announcing our Spring Shelf Drive🌸

Precious artifacts need safe storage! Our archival collection has been growing & we need additional archive-safe shelves & boxes. Please consider a donation to our Spring Shelf Drive 👉🏽 mexicanamericancivilrightsinstitute-bloom.kindful.com?campaign=140...

Join us for another MACRI Oral History Training Camp! Learn about the value of oral histories and how to conduct them.

🗓 Saturday, March 21, 2026 | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
📍 MACRI Visitor Center | 2123 Buena Vista Street, SATX 78207

Limited seating. RSVP at buff.ly/UpznVF6

This program is made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. 🙌🏽

Save the date! Join us for our fourth special America 250 MACRI Talk, "Independence Lost: Another Side of the American Revolution," featuring Dr. Kathleen Duval.

Wednesday, April 1, 2026 | 6PM - 7PM Central Time
Livestreaming via Facebook and YouTube.

Learn more and RSVP at buff.ly/rQPnp8T!

Join MACRI & MonteVideo, in partnership with UNAM & LCRC, to kick-off Latina Spring with FEMME FRONTERA, a collection of short films centering women & gender-expansive people within the U.S./Mexico border.

🗓️Tuesday, March 3 | 7 PM
📍UNAM San Antonio

RSVP & learn more: somosmacri.org/event/film-l...

🌸 Announcing our Spring Shelf Drive🌸

Precious artifacts need safe storage! Our archival collection has been growing & we need additional archive-safe shelves & boxes. Please consider a donation to our Spring Shelf Drive 👉🏽 mexicanamericancivilrightsinstitute-bloom.kindful.com?campaign=140...

On view now through the end of March at the MACRI Visitor Center: "William Merriweather Peña: The Father of Architectural Programming."

The exhibit gallery is open Monday through Friday, 10 AM—NOON and 1 - 4 PM, or by appointment.

Learn more at buff.ly/uRwtwWN

Happy birthday to civil rights trailblazer Barbara Jordan, born #OTD in 1936. A champion of voting rights & education, Rep. Jordan sponsored and was instrumental in passing the Voting Rights Act of 1975, which broadened the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to include Mexican Americans.

🌸 Announcing our Spring Shelf Drive🌸

Precious artifacts need safe storage! Our archival collection has been growing & we need additional archive-safe shelves & boxes. Please consider a donation to our Spring Shelf Drive 👉🏽 mexicanamericancivilrightsinstitute-bloom.kindful.com?campaign=140...

🎞️ Save the date! Latina Spring is BACK! 🎞️

MACRI & MonteVideo celebrate Women’s History Month with Latina Spring, a curated selection of inspiring films by Latina and Indigenous women directors! Latina Spring is presented in partnership with UNAM and Austin Film Society Cinema.

ℹ️ 👉🏽 somosmacri.org

#OTD in 1942, two months after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order #9066, which led to the imprisonment of some 120,000 Japanese Americans in internment camps. More than two-thirds were native-born U.S. citizens. #DayOfRemembrance

#OTD in 1929, the League of United Latin American Citizens was founded when the Order of the Sons of America, the Knights of America, and the League of Latin American Citizens merged into one organization at a meeting in Corpus Christi, TX.

On view now through March 20, 2026, at the MACRI Visitor Center: "William Merriweather Peña: The Father of Architectural Programming."

The exhibit gallery is open Monday through Friday, 10 AM—NOON and 1 - 4 PM, or by appointment.

Learn more at buff.ly/uRwtwWN

On view now through March 20, 2026, at the MACRI Visitor Center: "William Merriweather Peña: The Father of Architectural Programming."

The exhibit gallery is open Monday through Friday, 10 AM—NOON and 1 - 4 PM, or by appointment.

Learn more at buff.ly/uRwtwWN

Join MACRI & MonteVideo, in partnership with UNAM & LCRC, to kick-off Latina Spring with FEMME FRONTERA, a collection of short films centering women & gender-expansive people within the U.S./Mexico border.

🗓️Tuesday, March 3 | 7 PM
📍UNAM San Antonio

RSVP & learn more: somosmacri.org/event/film-l...

This month, our Executive Director will be visiting with students and practitioners in College Station, Austin, and San Antonio to discuss preserving Mexican American civil rights history, Mexican Americans and the built environment, and current challenges in public history.