Blackwell School

Historically segregated "Mexican" school in Marfa, Texas. Preserving local, personal history that speaks to a broad pattern of treatment of Hispanics in America

[Blackwell School @BlackwellMarfa]

US House takes up S2490 this evening to designate the Blackwell School National Historic Site, then to the President's desk. Long time coming, preserving significant sites and stories of the Hispanic Latinx experience in American. Everyone belongs. Everyone's story matters. @NPCA

[Daniel O. Hernandez @_dhernandeztx]

🧵 This #HispanicHeritageMonth, I want to recognize @BlackwellMarfa. This adobe schoolhouse, once the de facto segregated school for Mexican American students, is on the cusp of becoming our nation's next @NatlParkService site.
https://t.co/vjIXTBRwog

[Blackwell School @BlackwellMarfa]

Important article by Marfa's own @rachmonroe

[Blackwell School @BlackwellMarfa]

https://t.co/R9jspyB3gi

[University of Texas Press @UTexasPress]

An early look at THE MEXICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN TEXAS by Martha Menchaca—one of the best known & most respected contemporary scholars of Mexican American history.

The book covers 330+ years of #MexicanAmerican history from the Spanish period to 2019. https://t.co/ZZ8Mmo1VD5

[Blackwell School @BlackwellMarfa]

Blackwell School Poised to Become One of the First National Park Sites Dedicated to Modern Latino History https://t.co/0r7DeiCaUT

[Blackwell School @BlackwellMarfa]

We can't understand today's borderland dynamics without understanding our history.
https://t.co/Jime9Nb6U3