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
-Declare your ideology & theology & this will confess your treatment to all humankind
with modern sounds like #rock, pop, and #synthesizers, creating a new, dynamic fusion
#CHICANOLOGY✊🏾
#PACHUCO 🕶
#TACUACHITO 🕺🏾💃🏽
#CONJUNTO 🪗
#TEJANO🎷
#LATINSKY ✌🏼✌🏾✌🏿
#CHICANOLOGY✊🏾
#PACHUCO 🕶
#TACUACHITO 🕺🏾💃🏽
#CONJUNTO 🪗
#TEJANO🎷
#LATINSKY ✌🏼✌🏾✌🏿
November 1, 2025 at 12:02 AM
with modern sounds like #rock, pop, and #synthesizers, creating a new, dynamic fusion
#CHICANOLOGY✊🏾
#PACHUCO 🕶
#TACUACHITO 🕺🏾💃🏽
#CONJUNTO 🪗
#TEJANO🎷
#LATINSKY ✌🏼✌🏾✌🏿
#CHICANOLOGY✊🏾
#PACHUCO 🕶
#TACUACHITO 🕺🏾💃🏽
#CONJUNTO 🪗
#TEJANO🎷
#LATINSKY ✌🏼✌🏾✌🏿
(12-stringed bass guitar) player started recording for Bluebird Records, a subsidiary of #RCA. Their 1st record, "La Chicharronera" ("The Crackling"), became a big hit. In 1946 he began to record for Ideal from Alice, Texas #birthplace of #Tejano.
#CHICANOLOGY✊🏾
#TEJANO🎷
#CONJUNTO🪗
#LATINSKY✌🏼✌🏾✌🏿
#CHICANOLOGY✊🏾
#TEJANO🎷
#CONJUNTO🪗
#LATINSKY✌🏼✌🏾✌🏿
October 29, 2025 at 7:02 AM
(12-stringed bass guitar) player started recording for Bluebird Records, a subsidiary of #RCA. Their 1st record, "La Chicharronera" ("The Crackling"), became a big hit. In 1946 he began to record for Ideal from Alice, Texas #birthplace of #Tejano.
#CHICANOLOGY✊🏾
#TEJANO🎷
#CONJUNTO🪗
#LATINSKY✌🏼✌🏾✌🏿
#CHICANOLOGY✊🏾
#TEJANO🎷
#CONJUNTO🪗
#LATINSKY✌🏼✌🏾✌🏿
#health, efficiency, and the general well-being of workers.
#CHICANOLOGY ✊🏾
#UNION 💪🏻💪🏿💪🏾
#LATINSKY ✌🏿✌🏾✌🏼
#CHICANOLOGY ✊🏾
#UNION 💪🏻💪🏿💪🏾
#LATINSKY ✌🏿✌🏾✌🏼
October 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
#health, efficiency, and the general well-being of workers.
#CHICANOLOGY ✊🏾
#UNION 💪🏻💪🏿💪🏾
#LATINSKY ✌🏿✌🏾✌🏼
#CHICANOLOGY ✊🏾
#UNION 💪🏻💪🏿💪🏾
#LATINSKY ✌🏿✌🏾✌🏼
The #Smithsonian Folkways Museum also honored Marroquín for her contributions to the duet of Carmen y Laura. #Texas Governor signed House Bill 1019, which designated the city of #Alice as the “official birthplace” of the Tejano musical tradition.
#CHICANOLOGY ✊🏾
#TEJANOMUSIC🪗🎷
#LATINSKY ✌🏾✌🏿✊🏾
#CHICANOLOGY ✊🏾
#TEJANOMUSIC🪗🎷
#LATINSKY ✌🏾✌🏿✊🏾
![The duet of Carmen y Laura (sisters Carmen Hernández Marroquín [left] and Laura Hernández Cantú [right] of Alice, Texas) had a successful recording and touring career that brought prominence to Ideal Records. Carmen Marroquín Collection.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ak6y4dl47ozx367p6ic2duc2/bafkreigpadmh5rkfnfghtkklqvbxdxxnvmraodubyfkglsrrm2qvfmlibm@jpeg)
October 16, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The #Smithsonian Folkways Museum also honored Marroquín for her contributions to the duet of Carmen y Laura. #Texas Governor signed House Bill 1019, which designated the city of #Alice as the “official birthplace” of the Tejano musical tradition.
#CHICANOLOGY ✊🏾
#TEJANOMUSIC🪗🎷
#LATINSKY ✌🏾✌🏿✊🏾
#CHICANOLOGY ✊🏾
#TEJANOMUSIC🪗🎷
#LATINSKY ✌🏾✌🏿✊🏾
The University of #Michigan at Ann Arbor acquired the collection and continues to preserve and add to it. Today, the Joseph A. Labadie Collection is the oldest publicly-accessible collection of radical history in the world.
#CHICANOLOGY✊🏾
#CHICANOLOGY✊🏾
October 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The University of #Michigan at Ann Arbor acquired the collection and continues to preserve and add to it. Today, the Joseph A. Labadie Collection is the oldest publicly-accessible collection of radical history in the world.
#CHICANOLOGY✊🏾
#CHICANOLOGY✊🏾
Double Trouble made him a profound influence on countless #musicians. He played with exceptionally heavy-gauge strings & tuned down a half-step. The strings were so thick that he would tear his calluses, requiring him to sometimes use superglue to fix his bleeding fingertips.
#CHICANOLOGY ✊🏾
#CHICANOLOGY ✊🏾
October 4, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Double Trouble made him a profound influence on countless #musicians. He played with exceptionally heavy-gauge strings & tuned down a half-step. The strings were so thick that he would tear his calluses, requiring him to sometimes use superglue to fix his bleeding fingertips.
#CHICANOLOGY ✊🏾
#CHICANOLOGY ✊🏾
In the aftermath, close to 200 black people, many of whom had nothing to do with the rebellion, were murdered by white #mobs
#CHICANOLOGY✊🏾
#LATINSKY✌🏿✌🏾✌🏼
#BLACKSKY✊🏿
#CHICANOLOGY✊🏾
#LATINSKY✌🏿✌🏾✌🏼
#BLACKSKY✊🏿
October 2, 2025 at 10:02 PM
In the aftermath, close to 200 black people, many of whom had nothing to do with the rebellion, were murdered by white #mobs
#CHICANOLOGY✊🏾
#LATINSKY✌🏿✌🏾✌🏼
#BLACKSKY✊🏿
#CHICANOLOGY✊🏾
#LATINSKY✌🏿✌🏾✌🏼
#BLACKSKY✊🏿
Their scab drivers & returned daily to keep watch. The #miners eventually won their strike.
#CHICANOLOGY ✊🏾
#LATINSKY✌🏿✌🏾✌🏼
#UNION 💪🏻💪🏿💪🏽
#CHICANOLOGY ✊🏾
#LATINSKY✌🏿✌🏾✌🏼
#UNION 💪🏻💪🏿💪🏽
September 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Their scab drivers & returned daily to keep watch. The #miners eventually won their strike.
#CHICANOLOGY ✊🏾
#LATINSKY✌🏿✌🏾✌🏼
#UNION 💪🏻💪🏿💪🏽
#CHICANOLOGY ✊🏾
#LATINSKY✌🏿✌🏾✌🏼
#UNION 💪🏻💪🏿💪🏽
Among others. It was the longest and largest #lockout in the history of the union.
#CHICANOLOGY ✊🏾
#UNION 💪🏻💪🏿💪🏽
#LATINSKY ✌🏼✌🏾✌🏿
#BLUESKY🦋
#CHICANOLOGY ✊🏾
#UNION 💪🏻💪🏿💪🏽
#LATINSKY ✌🏼✌🏾✌🏿
#BLUESKY🦋
September 18, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Among others. It was the longest and largest #lockout in the history of the union.
#CHICANOLOGY ✊🏾
#UNION 💪🏻💪🏿💪🏽
#LATINSKY ✌🏼✌🏾✌🏿
#BLUESKY🦋
#CHICANOLOGY ✊🏾
#UNION 💪🏻💪🏿💪🏽
#LATINSKY ✌🏼✌🏾✌🏿
#BLUESKY🦋
In #Texas, Diez y Seis de Septiembre has been celebrated in #SanAntonio for more than 167 years and in Goliad for 160 years.
#CHICANOLOGY ✊🏾
#LATINSKY✌🏿✌🏾✌🏼
#BLUESKY🦋
#CHICANOLOGY ✊🏾
#LATINSKY✌🏿✌🏾✌🏼
#BLUESKY🦋
September 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
In #Texas, Diez y Seis de Septiembre has been celebrated in #SanAntonio for more than 167 years and in Goliad for 160 years.
#CHICANOLOGY ✊🏾
#LATINSKY✌🏿✌🏾✌🏼
#BLUESKY🦋
#CHICANOLOGY ✊🏾
#LATINSKY✌🏿✌🏾✌🏼
#BLUESKY🦋
#OTD 9-5-1964 🪦
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn dies at age 74. Flynn was an organizer for the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), a founding member of the American Civil Liberties #Union, & an #activist for women’s rights, birth control, & women’s #suffrage.
#CHICANOLOGY✊🏾
#LATINSKY ✌🏾✌🏿✌🏼
#UNION 💪🏻💪🏿💪🏽
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn dies at age 74. Flynn was an organizer for the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), a founding member of the American Civil Liberties #Union, & an #activist for women’s rights, birth control, & women’s #suffrage.
#CHICANOLOGY✊🏾
#LATINSKY ✌🏾✌🏿✌🏼
#UNION 💪🏻💪🏿💪🏽
September 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
In 1939, she organized the first national Latino civil rights assembly, the Congreso de Pueblos de Habla Española, Her advocacy highlighted the shared struggles of minorities of color, fostering solidarity against discrimination & economic exploitation
#CHICANOLOGY✊🏾
#LATINSKY✌🏼✌🏿✌🏾
#UNION 💪🏿💪🏽💪🏻
#CHICANOLOGY✊🏾
#LATINSKY✌🏼✌🏿✌🏾
#UNION 💪🏿💪🏽💪🏻
August 30, 2025 at 10:39 AM
In 1939, she organized the first national Latino civil rights assembly, the Congreso de Pueblos de Habla Española, Her advocacy highlighted the shared struggles of minorities of color, fostering solidarity against discrimination & economic exploitation
#CHICANOLOGY✊🏾
#LATINSKY✌🏼✌🏿✌🏾
#UNION 💪🏿💪🏽💪🏻
#CHICANOLOGY✊🏾
#LATINSKY✌🏼✌🏿✌🏾
#UNION 💪🏿💪🏽💪🏻
Every day a demand for equality, every struggle for representation, and every #barrio that refuses to be forgotten.
IN HONOR OF RUBEN SALAZAR
AUGUST WILL BE CHICANO
HERITAGE MONTH
#CHICANOLOGY✊🏾
#LATINSKY✌🏿✌🏾✌🏼
#skystorians 📚
#bluesky 🦋
IN HONOR OF RUBEN SALAZAR
AUGUST WILL BE CHICANO
HERITAGE MONTH
#CHICANOLOGY✊🏾
#LATINSKY✌🏿✌🏾✌🏼
#skystorians 📚
#bluesky 🦋
August 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Every day a demand for equality, every struggle for representation, and every #barrio that refuses to be forgotten.
IN HONOR OF RUBEN SALAZAR
AUGUST WILL BE CHICANO
HERITAGE MONTH
#CHICANOLOGY✊🏾
#LATINSKY✌🏿✌🏾✌🏼
#skystorians 📚
#bluesky 🦋
IN HONOR OF RUBEN SALAZAR
AUGUST WILL BE CHICANO
HERITAGE MONTH
#CHICANOLOGY✊🏾
#LATINSKY✌🏿✌🏾✌🏼
#skystorians 📚
#bluesky 🦋
audiences across #Texas, #Mexico, & beyond but also solidified the label’s reputation as a cultural force shaping Conjunto & Tejano borderland musical traditions.
#CHICANOLOGY✊🏾
#LATINSKY🦋
#HouseBill1019📃
#Alicebirthplacetejano🪗
#CHICANOLOGY✊🏾
#LATINSKY🦋
#HouseBill1019📃
#Alicebirthplacetejano🪗
![ILP-139 - La Nortena de Oro - Chelo Silva [1963] Esta Noche Tu Vendras/Te Enganaron Corazon/Contaras Conmigo/Al Ver Que Te Vas/Ahora Es Cuando Corazon/Mi Sincera Explicacion//Acercate Mas/Amor Que Muere/Ya No Te Quiero/Que Facil/tu Indiferencia/Menos Que Nada](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ak6y4dl47ozx367p6ic2duc2/bafkreieui3mslldyuqedvhkluwitsg226dzgkmrsgzsdlua46o3bgsx5dq@jpeg)
August 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
audiences across #Texas, #Mexico, & beyond but also solidified the label’s reputation as a cultural force shaping Conjunto & Tejano borderland musical traditions.
#CHICANOLOGY✊🏾
#LATINSKY🦋
#HouseBill1019📃
#Alicebirthplacetejano🪗
#CHICANOLOGY✊🏾
#LATINSKY🦋
#HouseBill1019📃
#Alicebirthplacetejano🪗
August 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Established himself as the political boss of Duval County. The key to his success was the #Latino #vote, which he controlled through a combination of paternalism, #corruption, and #coercion.
#CHICANOLOGY ✊🏾
#SKYSTORIANS 📚
#bluesky🦋
#book 📖
#CHICANOLOGY ✊🏾
#SKYSTORIANS 📚
#bluesky🦋
#book 📖
August 11, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Established himself as the political boss of Duval County. The key to his success was the #Latino #vote, which he controlled through a combination of paternalism, #corruption, and #coercion.
#CHICANOLOGY ✊🏾
#SKYSTORIANS 📚
#bluesky🦋
#book 📖
#CHICANOLOGY ✊🏾
#SKYSTORIANS 📚
#bluesky🦋
#book 📖
and preserved political dominance by the notorious #Parr family manipulated local politics in South Texas, and lost in a famous contested race to #LBJ Lyndon Johnson
@joaquincastrotx.bsky.social @repjasmine.bsky.social
#CHICANOLOGY ✊🏾
#skystorians📚
#justice ⚖️
#bluesky 🦋
@joaquincastrotx.bsky.social @repjasmine.bsky.social
#CHICANOLOGY ✊🏾
#skystorians📚
#justice ⚖️
#bluesky 🦋
August 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
and preserved political dominance by the notorious #Parr family manipulated local politics in South Texas, and lost in a famous contested race to #LBJ Lyndon Johnson
@joaquincastrotx.bsky.social @repjasmine.bsky.social
#CHICANOLOGY ✊🏾
#skystorians📚
#justice ⚖️
#bluesky 🦋
@joaquincastrotx.bsky.social @repjasmine.bsky.social
#CHICANOLOGY ✊🏾
#skystorians📚
#justice ⚖️
#bluesky 🦋
DECLARATION OF CHICANO HERITAGE MONTH
We are Chicanos. We are Chicanas. Not the names given to us by elite empires, but the names we reclaimed for ourselves.
We are the children of resistance born from native roots and raised through struggles.
We are Chicanos. We are Chicanas. Not the names given to us by elite empires, but the names we reclaimed for ourselves.
We are the children of resistance born from native roots and raised through struggles.
August 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
DECLARATION OF CHICANO HERITAGE MONTH
We are Chicanos. We are Chicanas. Not the names given to us by elite empires, but the names we reclaimed for ourselves.
We are the children of resistance born from native roots and raised through struggles.
We are Chicanos. We are Chicanas. Not the names given to us by elite empires, but the names we reclaimed for ourselves.
We are the children of resistance born from native roots and raised through struggles.
August 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM
We call them NOPALES
@tlakatekatl.bsky.social
@tlakatekatl.bsky.social
July 31, 2025 at 5:58 PM
We call them NOPALES
@tlakatekatl.bsky.social
@tlakatekatl.bsky.social
In the Mexican War of Independence, which began with his "Grito de Dolores" in September 1810.
#CHICANOLOGY ✊🏾
#skystorians 📚
#bluesky 🦋
#Resist 👊🏾
#CHICANOLOGY ✊🏾
#skystorians 📚
#bluesky 🦋
#Resist 👊🏾
July 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
In the Mexican War of Independence, which began with his "Grito de Dolores" in September 1810.
#CHICANOLOGY ✊🏾
#skystorians 📚
#bluesky 🦋
#Resist 👊🏾
#CHICANOLOGY ✊🏾
#skystorians 📚
#bluesky 🦋
#Resist 👊🏾
But the protest march turned into a riot in which widespread damage occurred, thirty-eight arrests were made, and five policemen were injured. Cain's brief sentence, only five years. @tlakatekatl.bsky.social
#CHICANOLOGY ✊🏾
#skystorians 📚
#JUSTICE ⚖️
#bluesky 🦋
#CHICANOLOGY ✊🏾
#skystorians 📚
#JUSTICE ⚖️
#bluesky 🦋
July 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
But the protest march turned into a riot in which widespread damage occurred, thirty-eight arrests were made, and five policemen were injured. Cain's brief sentence, only five years. @tlakatekatl.bsky.social
#CHICANOLOGY ✊🏾
#skystorians 📚
#JUSTICE ⚖️
#bluesky 🦋
#CHICANOLOGY ✊🏾
#skystorians 📚
#JUSTICE ⚖️
#bluesky 🦋
And the destruction of property. Five years later, #President Chester Arthur signed the federal Chinese Exclusion Act, prohibiting the immigration of Chinese laborers.
#CHICANOLOGY✊🏾
#skystorians 📚
#bluesky 🦋
#CHICANOLOGY✊🏾
#skystorians 📚
#bluesky 🦋
July 23, 2025 at 10:08 AM
And the destruction of property. Five years later, #President Chester Arthur signed the federal Chinese Exclusion Act, prohibiting the immigration of Chinese laborers.
#CHICANOLOGY✊🏾
#skystorians 📚
#bluesky 🦋
#CHICANOLOGY✊🏾
#skystorians 📚
#bluesky 🦋