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Brandon Morgan
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Historian of New Mexico and Latin America, father of amazing human beings, indebted to my better half. Author of Raid and Revolution, University of Nebraska Press (2024).
It's an excellent time to buy Raid and Reconciliation. The @univnebpress.bsky.social's entire catalog is 50% off through December 31! Use coupon code 6HLW25.

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#borderlandshistory #MexicanHistory #PanchoVilla #NewMexico #Chihuahua #MexicanRevolution
Raid and Reconciliation - Nebraska Press
Winner of the Gaspar Pérez de Villagrá AwardFinalist for the 2024 David J. Weber Book PrizeAround the turn of the twentieth century, the formation of the U...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Join me this Saturday at 10:30 am at the Special Collections Library on Edith and Central for a book talk. Share with all who might be interested!

Raid and Reconciliation won the Gaspar Pérez de Villagrá Award from the Historical Society of New Mexico, and a Finalist for the David J. Weber Prize
November 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Join me on Saturday, November 8, at the Albuquerque Library Special Collections branch on Edith and Central at 10:30 am. I'll talk about my book, and have copies available for purchase.
#mexicanhistory #borderlandshistory #panchovilla
October 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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📣¡Ya está aquí el trailer de la temporada 15! 📣

Radio Ambulante vuelve más recargado que nunca. Escucha el adelanto acá: radioambulante.org/temporada15
September 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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"Can they truly be so ignorant to the words of a man they have so rushed to memorialize? I don’t know. But the most telling detail in Klein’s column was that, for all his praise, there was not a single word in the piece from Kirk himself."

Ta-Nehisi Coates, with receipts.
Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause
By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.
www.vanityfair.com
September 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Do not look away.
They recovered over 180 bullet shells at the CDC. Debris from shattered glass is still being cleaned up. I am completely stunned at how quickly the news cycle has moved on. This was an act of terrorism targeting public health experts, and the response seems to be a collective shrug.
August 12, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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If you or someone you know at @unm.edu is looking for a class for Fall 2025 - please check out my History of U.S. Women (both undergrad and grad).
July 3, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Lots of commentary on this piece already, all of which I agree with.

For historians, research is a fundamental part of writing.

To farm it out to AI changes the nature of this intellectual process in fundamental ways.

And as Stacy Schiff points out, it also takes all the fun out of it.
A.I. Is Poised to Rewrite History. Literally.
www.nytimes.com
June 16, 2025 at 11:19 AM
It's a great time to order a copy of Raid and Reconciliation: University of Nebraska Press is having a summer reading sale. Save 50% with the code 6SUMM25.

www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...

#borderlandshistory #MexicanHistory #PanchoVilla #History #NMTrue
Raid and Reconciliation - Nebraska Press
Winner of the Gaspar Pérez de Villagrá Award Around the turn of the twentieth century, the formation of the U.S.-Mexico border through the rise of capitali...
www.nebraskapress.unl.edu
June 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Prepping for #Hist466 (History of the #MexicanRevolution at #WNMU) to begin in a few weeks by rereading Justin Castro's Radio in Revolution, and Julian Dodson's Fanáticos, Exiles and Spies.

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#History #HigherEd
Radio in Revolution - Nebraska Press
Long before the Arab Spring and its use of social media demonstrated the potent intersection between technology and revolution, the Mexican Revolution employ...
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June 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
So honored to be among such great company! Raid and Reconciliation is the co-winner of the Gaspar Pérez de Villagrá award from the Historical Society of New Mexico.
#borderlandshistory #MexicanRevolution #panchovilla @univnebpress.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Join me tomorrow in Las Cruces for a talk about my book, Raid and Reconciliation!

#borderhistory #borderlands #USMexicoborder #history #PanchoVilla @univnebpress.bsky.social
This Thursday, I'll speak about Raid and Reconciliation at the NMSU Branson Library. Join me in Las Cruces if you're in the area. I'll have copies of the book for sale, and I'm happy to sign them.

#borderlandshistory #borderhistory #mexicanhistory #MexicanRevolution #newmexicotrue #panchovilla
April 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
And, for folks who aren't in the Las Cruces/El Paso area, my virtual discussion of Raid and Reconciliation with Friends of History New Mexico drops on May 7.

Register here: bit.ly/4jmReZ5

#borderlandshistory #mexicanhistory #MexicanRevolution #newmexicotrue #panchovilla @univnebpress.bsky.social
Raid and Reconciliation: Pancho Villa, Modernization, and Violence in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands - Friends of History
Register Now   Brandon Morgan, Ph.D. Associate Dean and History Instructor Central New Mexico Community College In Raid and Reconciliation, Brandon
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April 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This Thursday, I'll speak about Raid and Reconciliation at the NMSU Branson Library. Join me in Las Cruces if you're in the area. I'll have copies of the book for sale, and I'm happy to sign them.

#borderlandshistory #borderhistory #mexicanhistory #MexicanRevolution #newmexicotrue #panchovilla
April 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
If you're in the Las Cruces/El Paso area on May 1, I'll be speaking about Raid and Reconciliation at NMSU in the Branson Library from 3-5. Please join me!

Special thanks to Dennis Daily and the folks at the NMSU Archives for the invitation.

#MexicanHistory #USMexicoborder #PanchoVilla
April 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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"Lessons from this border story resonate."

Today's book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @brandon-morgan.bsky.social & @univnebpress.bsky.social!

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April 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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👊✊🔥💪

Don’t give up the fight for accurate history, folks! 🗃️
The National Park Service has restored the changes to its website about the Underground Railroad following public outcry www.nps.gov/subjects/und...
The National Park Service quietly edited its website about the Underground Railroad to remove key references and quotes from Harriet Tubman and soften its language about slavery
April 8, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I'm presenting a talk about my book for the Friends of New Mexico History monthly lecture on Wednesday, May 7 at 12-1 p.m.
Free on YouTube

Register at: bit.ly/3DUiaAg

#borderlands #mexicanhistory #usmexicoborder #newmexico

(photo: Pancho Villa State Park, courtesy of Brandon Morgan)
Raid and Reconciliation: Pancho Villa, Modernization, and Violence in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
In Raid and Reconciliation, Brandon Morgan examines the story of Pancho Villa’s 1916 raid on Columbus, New Mexico—an event that has been referenced in various histories of the border and the Mexican Revolution but not contextualized on its own—and shows that violence was integral to the modern capitalist development that shaped the border. Raid and Reconciliation provides new insights into the Mexican Revolution and sheds light on the connections between violence and modernization. Lessons from this border story resonate in today’s debates over migration, race, and what it means to be an American. Dr. Brandon Morgan is Associate Dean for History, Latin American Studies, American Studies, Native American Studies, Chicana/o Studies, and Communication at Central New Mexico Community College (CNM), where he has taught since the fall of 2009. He authored The History of New Mexico, a free, open, digital textbook used at CNM and other New Mexico universities, colleges, and high schools. He also supported the formation of CNM’s Latin American Studies associate's degree program by partnering with UNM’s Latin American and Iberian Institute. That partnership includes Study Abroad programs in Antigua, Guatemala, and Mexico City. His book, Raid and Reconciliation: Pancho Villa, Modernization, and Violence in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands, was published by the University of Nebraska Press in August 2024.
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April 8, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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This is a terrific piece that highlights the fraught position that public historians can find themselves in. And, no, advocacy is not a dirty word.

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When Is History Advocacy?
Advocacy should not be a dirty word.
contingentmagazine.org
March 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Today we honor trans and nonbinary lives — their voices matter, their stories matter, their freedom matters.

#TransDayOfVisibility #TDOV #ProtectTransLives #TransRightsAreHumanRights
March 31, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Here's the text of the address that I gave yesterday in Columbus, NM, to mark the 109th anniversary of Villa's raid on that town: medium.com/us-mexico-bo...

#mexicanhistory #borderlands #borderhistory #panchovilla
Seeking healing in times of authoritarianism
This is roughly the text of the keynote I delivered at the Columbus Historical Society Villa raid commemoration, March 8, 2025. The raid…
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March 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Please join me in Columbus, NM, this Saturday, March 8 for the 109th commemoration of Pancho Villa's raid on that town. I'll be giving a keynote at 10 am, and will do a book signing at 1:00. #Hist416 #borderlands #USMexicoborder #Columbus #PanchoVilla #MexicanHistory #MexicanHistory #NMTrue
March 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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"The prohibited list also includes a bundle of instructional materials for Black History month created for sixth-graders, and a biography about Albert Cashier, a transgender man who served in the Union Army during the Civil War." 🗃️ #BlackHistoryMonth www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Trump DEI crackdown targets books in Pentagon schools
As the Trump DEI purge widens, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered restrictions on what books DOD schools can teach, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM