Episode 88 – From Reconstruction to DEI: The Long Arc of Race Relations in Texas Hello folks, I’m Hank Wilson and welcome to Episode 88 of the Hidden History of Texas. This is Episode 88 – From Reconstruction to DEI: … Continue reading →
Haden Edwards was an empresarrio in the early days of Texas. He was also one of the first to be accused of trying to steal an election. Haden Edwards received his empresarial grant on April 14, 1825. Like all empresarios … Continue reading →
Unless you’ve been living in outer space, you have probably noticed that things don’t seem quite normal. Texas and the United States are frankly in a mess. Thequestion becomes how did Texas and the United States Get Into This Mess? … Continue reading →
History shows that Texas politics in the 1850s were, much as they are today a contact sport. Many of today’s Texas politics and politicians often seem like they still are set in 200 years ago. In fact, when you review … Continue reading →
While this article “The Freedman Bureau – Doomed from the Start” is set in and based on documents from Virginia, the circumstances and interactions of the people involved, were not unique to Virginia. There were Freedman Bureau’s set up in … Continue reading →
After World War II, another war broke out; this one did not use guns and bullets, instead philosophies over which type of government systems was better; were the main weapons. In the West, the Marshall Plan laid the groundwork for … Continue reading →
The Freedman Bureau, established immediately after the end of the Civil War, is an example of how trying to legislate away hatred and bitterness very rarely works. This is especially true when the legislation is combatting engrained animosity and a … Continue reading →
When I was a wee lad back in the 50s (yes I’m old) there was a series of children’s books called ‘We were there’. Each book told the story of an historical event, with one or two children being the … Continue reading →
By the time the first European explorer set foot on the North American continent, a thriving and diverse population of humans had been in existence here for thousands of years. These indigenous peoples had built communities, developed unique specialized cultures, … Continue reading →
