Trinidad Gonzales, a professor of history and Mexican American studies, has won the 2022 John Lewis Award for his research that led him to discover that his own family had been victims of racial violence in Texas.
South Texas College in 2020. As he was reading an account from 1929 denouncing a sheriff for his involvement in a massacre, it included a list of people who had been killed — and he found the names of his great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather.
Refusing to Forget's work spurred an award-winning exhibit at the Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin — the first time the state had publicly addressed"La Matanza."the exhibit relies on state-held documents, photos and even a graphic postcard to tell and support the story of the violence, which was committed largely by the Texas Rangers — a state police force — and local law enforcement.
At South Texas College, Gonzales likes to focus on the Lower Rio Grande Valley's history, as many of his students are unfamiliar with it. More than 95% of South Texas College's student body"A lot of students don't realize the significance of the area's history to the development of the United States and other world events.
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