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Jose Chapa Jr.
@chicanology.bsky.social
proud father & husband, amateur artist, dancer, investor, historian, art collector & fitness enthusiast. Born & raised in Texas, having life in Detroit
-Declare your ideology & theology & this will confess your treatment to all humankind
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Knowing something doesn't change our life's. Doing something does.

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November 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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If you have enjoyed my cartoons or shared the hell out of them during this terrible year, please consider getting the 2026 Year of Resistance Lalo Alcaraz Cartoon Calendar! It supports me into the new year and makes a GREAT Holiday Gift! Order yours today!! LaloAlcaraz.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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When my cartoons become reality. #chicago
November 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Thanks for sharing, all I ask is you keep my original text w my cartoon OR you can order a 2026 Cartoon Calendar at laloalcaraz.com !
Amazing how Chicago neighborhoods are organizing to protect their neighbors

Art by @laloalcaraz.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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My latest for CALÓ NEWS! Please share and follow my account, it's a good follow, I promise! www.calonews.com/multimedia/l...
Lalo on CALÓ: La Chancla
This Election Day, Californians overwhelmingly approved Prop 50, to redistrict the state's Congressional Districts to counter the election rigging that the failing President Trump has been urging stat...
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November 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
#RARE EARTH #MINERALS 🧐 🇨🇳
November 4, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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🕯Día de los Muertos is upon us.🕯
Join us in remembering the stories and honoring the lives of those who have been victims of racial violence in Texas and those who have fought against these cultures of violence.
View our virtual ofrendas on our website.
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Dia de los Muertos Altar - Refusing to Forget
Day of the Dead is a celebration of Life.
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October 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
#OTD #HBD 🎂 10-32-1931 Tony de la Rosa was an influential accordionist who modernized #conjunto music in the mid-20th century. Born in 1931 in Sarita, Texas, he introduced amplified instruments, drums, and a slower polka tempo, which defined the "classic era" of conjunto. His innovative sound and
November 1, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Farmers are confused. Please share #laloalcaraz cartoons!
October 29, 2025 at 7:59 PM
#OTD #HBD🎂 10-29-1911 Narciso Martínez, the "father" of the Texas-Mexican #conjunto, Born in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico. His parents immigrated to the US the year of Narciso's birth & settled in La Paloma, near #Brownsville, Texas. The family often migrated from one town to another doing #farmwork,
October 29, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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I won the 2025 Townsie Award for editorial cartooning.
2025 Townsie Awards
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October 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
#OTD 1940 The Fair Labor Standards #Act of 1938 mandates a 40-hour work week with time-and-a-half #overtime pay for hours of work beyond that goes into effect. The legislation was passed to eliminate #labor conditions detrimental to the maintenance of the minimum standard of living necessary
October 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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It's a teardown. Please share #laloalcaraz cartoons! Visit laloalcaraz.com for updates on the upcoming 2026 Year of Resistance Lalo Alcaraz Cartoon Calendar!
October 24, 2025 at 4:02 AM
#OTD 1921 #HBD 🎂 Carmen Hernández Marroquín, a member of the noted Tejana sisters duet, Carmen y Laura, was born in #Kingsville on October 16, 1921. She married Armando Marroquín, a legendary #Tejano music record producer, on November 20, 1936.
October 16, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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October 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Explore culturally rich stories by Latino creators on GlobalComix’s iOS/Android apps or website. Let’s celebrate Hispanic heritage together! 💪 #ChispaComics #GlobalComix #HispanicHeritageMonth #LatinoStories
October 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
#OTD 🪦 #Detroit printer, labor #organizer, and #anarchist, Joseph “Jo” Labadie, dies. Around 1910 Labadie began to prepare for the preservation of the vast collection of pamphlets, newspapers, magazines, manuscripts, and ephemera he had acquired over his lifetime.
October 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
#OTD 1964 🎂 Stevie Ray Vaughan was a legendary #Texas blues guitarist who revived the blues-rock #genre in the 80s. Known for his fiery playing, soulful vocals, & emotional intensity, he blended traditional #blues with rock and #funk. His exceptional technique and powerful performances with his band
October 4, 2025 at 12:07 AM
#OTD October 2, 1800
Nat Turner was born into slavery in Southampton County, #Virginia. In 1831, Turner led a slave #revolt, freeing slaves & killing white men, women, & children, before being captured by #militia, tried, and hanged. The state reimbursed the slaveholders for their slaves;
October 2, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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October 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Get one for yourself or a Chicago area friend. We need “animo” and uplifting messages at this time so we can keep up the good spirits while we RESIST!
October 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Rangers and other state agents took most of the plaintiffs in the NAACP school desegregation case to a Justice of the Peace in Dallas where they were interrogated about their roles in the suit./6
September 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM