Refusing to Forget
@refusing2forget.bsky.social
An award-winning public history project committed to sharing the history of state-sanctioned violence against Mexicans and Mexican Americans in Texas.
On Sunday, local community members made the yearly walk to the Matanza of 1915 historical marker. RTF cofounder @gonzalest956.bsky.social, said the murders happened "in response to the last colonial rebellion by ethnic Mexicans against U.S. sovereignty."
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Trinidad Gonzales, who co-founded the history project Refusing to Forget, said the murders happened "in response to the last colonial rebellion by ethnic Mexicans against U.S. sovereignty."
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November 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
On Sunday, local community members made the yearly walk to the Matanza of 1915 historical marker. RTF cofounder @gonzalest956.bsky.social, said the murders happened "in response to the last colonial rebellion by ethnic Mexicans against U.S. sovereignty."
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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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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.
refusingtoforget.org/dia-de-los-m...
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
🕯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.
refusingtoforget.org/dia-de-los-m...
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.
refusingtoforget.org/dia-de-los-m...
On an unknown date in October 1962, Homer Garrison, Director of Texas DPS and Chief of the Texas Rangers, dressed in blackface for a work picnic and lampooned the NAACP. A thread on Garrison and racism in the modern Rangers./1 CW: racist language and depictions
texasarchive.org/2009_00902
texasarchive.org/2009_00902
DPS Talent Show (1962)
Watch an ever-growing archive of Texas film and videos through the decades. Discover the experience of Texans, explore education and preservation resources.
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October 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
On an unknown date in October 1962, Homer Garrison, Director of Texas DPS and Chief of the Texas Rangers, dressed in blackface for a work picnic and lampooned the NAACP. A thread on Garrison and racism in the modern Rangers./1 CW: racist language and depictions
texasarchive.org/2009_00902
texasarchive.org/2009_00902
#OTD sometime in October of 1921 Texas Ranger Frank Hamer killed Mexican revolutionary and outlaw Rafael "Red" Lopez. His death marked the end of a years long tale that law enforcement would only fully come to understand in the early 2000s. /1
October 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
#OTD sometime in October of 1921 Texas Ranger Frank Hamer killed Mexican revolutionary and outlaw Rafael "Red" Lopez. His death marked the end of a years long tale that law enforcement would only fully come to understand in the early 2000s. /1
The annual Crystal City Pilgrimage honors the memory of the men, women, & children imprisoned in the WWII DOJ Crystal City Family Internment Camp.
"The pilgrimage is an invitation to step into the past...
To feel rage and grief but also love & community & solidarity." www.crystalcitypilgrimage.org
"The pilgrimage is an invitation to step into the past...
To feel rage and grief but also love & community & solidarity." www.crystalcitypilgrimage.org
October 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The annual Crystal City Pilgrimage honors the memory of the men, women, & children imprisoned in the WWII DOJ Crystal City Family Internment Camp.
"The pilgrimage is an invitation to step into the past...
To feel rage and grief but also love & community & solidarity." www.crystalcitypilgrimage.org
"The pilgrimage is an invitation to step into the past...
To feel rage and grief but also love & community & solidarity." www.crystalcitypilgrimage.org
#OTD in 1921, future Texas Ranger Red Burton, a sheriff’s deputy at the time, and Waco sheriff Bob Buchanan had a run-in with the Lorena Ku Klux Klan in Lorena, Texas. /1
October 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
#OTD in 1921, future Texas Ranger Red Burton, a sheriff’s deputy at the time, and Waco sheriff Bob Buchanan had a run-in with the Lorena Ku Klux Klan in Lorena, Texas. /1
#OTD in 1956, legendary civil rights attorney Thurgood Marshall wrote to J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI, complaining of Ranger intimidation of Black citizens who had sued Dallas over school segregation. /1
September 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
#OTD in 1956, legendary civil rights attorney Thurgood Marshall wrote to J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI, complaining of Ranger intimidation of Black citizens who had sued Dallas over school segregation. /1
Did you know Reverberations of Racial Violence (2021) is available in Spanish and FREE to download?
¿Sabías que Rebrotes de Violencia Racial está disponible en español y se puede descargar gratis?
➡️Download: libros.uanl.mx/index.php/u/...
➡️Learn more: refusingtoforget.org/1919-canales...
¿Sabías que Rebrotes de Violencia Racial está disponible en español y se puede descargar gratis?
➡️Download: libros.uanl.mx/index.php/u/...
➡️Learn more: refusingtoforget.org/1919-canales...
September 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Did you know Reverberations of Racial Violence (2021) is available in Spanish and FREE to download?
¿Sabías que Rebrotes de Violencia Racial está disponible en español y se puede descargar gratis?
➡️Download: libros.uanl.mx/index.php/u/...
➡️Learn more: refusingtoforget.org/1919-canales...
¿Sabías que Rebrotes de Violencia Racial está disponible en español y se puede descargar gratis?
➡️Download: libros.uanl.mx/index.php/u/...
➡️Learn more: refusingtoforget.org/1919-canales...
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September 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Want to be featured on our blog? Refusing to Forget publishes blog posts in response to anniversaries & developments in historical knowledge & the way we commemorate the past. Past blog entries can be found at refusingtoforget.org/blog-2/. For more information email jpcarmona74@gmail.com.
September 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Want to be featured on our blog? Refusing to Forget publishes blog posts in response to anniversaries & developments in historical knowledge & the way we commemorate the past. Past blog entries can be found at refusingtoforget.org/blog-2/. For more information email jpcarmona74@gmail.com.
#OTD in 1915, Mexican Revolutionary officer Pascual Orozco and four companions were chased by a posse of Texas Rangers, troops of the Thirteenth Cavalry, and local police after they were falsely accused of assaulting workers at a west Texas ranch. /1
![Source: Gen. Pascual Orozco. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-108596 (b&w film copy neg.) Call Number: BIOG FILE - Orozco, Gen. Pascual <item> [P&P], https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/mexican-revolution-and-the-united-states/rise-of-madero.html](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7rerz6dmucvvksh27hqvbhhl/bafkreihlir5aftksctqjoaegiox6wwjtbvdav6uuhsffw4wkrhbbcwnlfa@jpeg)
August 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
#OTD in 1915, Mexican Revolutionary officer Pascual Orozco and four companions were chased by a posse of Texas Rangers, troops of the Thirteenth Cavalry, and local police after they were falsely accused of assaulting workers at a west Texas ranch. /1
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Refusing to Forget co-founder @gonzalest956.bsky.social discusses his work on the 'A Matter of Justice' Report, written in an effort pursue justice for the victims of La Matanza.
www.tpr.org/podcast/fron...
Refusing to Forget co-founder @gonzalest956.bsky.social discusses his work on the 'A Matter of Justice' Report, written in an effort pursue justice for the victims of La Matanza.
www.tpr.org/podcast/fron...
Fronteras: ‘They simply ceased to exist’ — New report aims to identify those killed during state-sanctioned killings
The recent report, A Matter of Justice: The Uninvestigated Homicides of La Matanza, aims to pursue justice for the victims of la matanza.
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August 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
📻Tune in to Fronteras on Texas Public radio today!
Refusing to Forget co-founder @gonzalest956.bsky.social discusses his work on the 'A Matter of Justice' Report, written in an effort pursue justice for the victims of La Matanza.
www.tpr.org/podcast/fron...
Refusing to Forget co-founder @gonzalest956.bsky.social discusses his work on the 'A Matter of Justice' Report, written in an effort pursue justice for the victims of La Matanza.
www.tpr.org/podcast/fron...
📻Tune in!!
This Friday RTF co-founder @gonzalest956.bsky.social discusses the 'A Matter of Justice' Report on Fronteras, Texas Public Radio. The conversation will also be available Friday on the TPR website: www.tpr.org/podcast/fron...
Read the report here: refusingtoforget.org/a-matter-of-...
This Friday RTF co-founder @gonzalest956.bsky.social discusses the 'A Matter of Justice' Report on Fronteras, Texas Public Radio. The conversation will also be available Friday on the TPR website: www.tpr.org/podcast/fron...
Read the report here: refusingtoforget.org/a-matter-of-...
August 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
📻Tune in!!
This Friday RTF co-founder @gonzalest956.bsky.social discusses the 'A Matter of Justice' Report on Fronteras, Texas Public Radio. The conversation will also be available Friday on the TPR website: www.tpr.org/podcast/fron...
Read the report here: refusingtoforget.org/a-matter-of-...
This Friday RTF co-founder @gonzalest956.bsky.social discusses the 'A Matter of Justice' Report on Fronteras, Texas Public Radio. The conversation will also be available Friday on the TPR website: www.tpr.org/podcast/fron...
Read the report here: refusingtoforget.org/a-matter-of-...
#OTD in 1915, Tomas Aguilar was executed by Rangers after an alleged escape attempt. Ranger Captain James Monroe Fox oversaw the troop that murdered him. /1
August 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
#OTD in 1915, Tomas Aguilar was executed by Rangers after an alleged escape attempt. Ranger Captain James Monroe Fox oversaw the troop that murdered him. /1
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August 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
🔎 New website feature!
You can now search across our blogs, OTD calendar, resources and more.
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You can now search across our blogs, OTD calendar, resources and more.
🔎 Give it a try and let us know what you search for! refusingtoforget.org
#OTD in 1915, three supposed participants in the “Plan de San Diego” uprising were killed by law enforcement. It is not known whether soldiers, law enforcement, or Texas Rangers were the ones to pull the trigger. /1
August 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
#OTD in 1915, three supposed participants in the “Plan de San Diego” uprising were killed by law enforcement. It is not known whether soldiers, law enforcement, or Texas Rangers were the ones to pull the trigger. /1
#OTD in 1915, Adolfo Muñoz was tortured, riddled with bullets, and hung from a mesquite tree two miles south of San Benito after mysteriously disappearing from the custody of deputy sheriff Frank Carr and former and future Ranger Daniel Hinojosa. /1 www.tshaonline.org/handbook/ent...
July 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
#OTD in 1915, Adolfo Muñoz was tortured, riddled with bullets, and hung from a mesquite tree two miles south of San Benito after mysteriously disappearing from the custody of deputy sheriff Frank Carr and former and future Ranger Daniel Hinojosa. /1 www.tshaonline.org/handbook/ent...
In the summer of 1888, Texas Rangers Ira Aten and Jim King went undercover to try to identify and arrest so-called “fence cutters.” They were unsuccessful. In frustration, Aten developed a plan to hide mines in the fences, blowing them up when cutters approach. /1
July 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
In the summer of 1888, Texas Rangers Ira Aten and Jim King went undercover to try to identify and arrest so-called “fence cutters.” They were unsuccessful. In frustration, Aten developed a plan to hide mines in the fences, blowing them up when cutters approach. /1
On July 23 or 24, 1915, the brothers Lorenzo and Gorgonio Manríquez were killed near Mercedes, Texas, by deputy sheriffs, in a chain of events that unleashed violence across south Texas in late summer and fall of 1915. /1
July 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
On July 23 or 24, 1915, the brothers Lorenzo and Gorgonio Manríquez were killed near Mercedes, Texas, by deputy sheriffs, in a chain of events that unleashed violence across south Texas in late summer and fall of 1915. /1
🗓Event in 2 Days! Virtual Author Talk with Dr. Trinidad Gonzales. “A Matter of Justice: The Uninvestigated Homicides of La Matanza” is part of an ongoing effort to confront Texas’s past and seek dignity for its victims. Join us.
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July 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
🗓Event in 2 Days! Virtual Author Talk with Dr. Trinidad Gonzales. “A Matter of Justice: The Uninvestigated Homicides of La Matanza” is part of an ongoing effort to confront Texas’s past and seek dignity for its victims. Join us.
www.facebook.com/share/p/14L3...
refusingtoforget.org/a-matter-of-...
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refusingtoforget.org/a-matter-of-...