Zoom Meeting Links
Start time: 7pm CDT, September 30, 2026
Meeting ID: 377 393 1916
Passcode: 035709
About This Event
Human Rights Dallas will host an online discussion about violence against Mexicans and Mexican Americans over the past century of Texas history with acclaimed scholar Dr. Trinidad Gonzales.
Gonzales co-founded Refusing to Forget in 2014. That scholarly organization raises public awareness of the mass killings of Mexicans and Mexican Americans by the Texas Rangers and other law enforcement agencies during the Mexican Revolution from 1910-1920, a time known as La Matanza or “The Massacre.”
Gonzales and his colleagues at Refusing to Forget won the American Historical Association’s Herbert Feis Award for Public History in 2019. Gonzales was also honored by the AHA in 2022 with the John Lewis Award for History and Social Justice.
Biographies
Dr. Trinidad Gonzales taught history and Mexican American studies at South Texas College in McAllen, Texas. In addition to his acclaimed work with Refusing to Forget, he has advocated for the creation of Mexican American Studies courses at public high schools and has lobbied against racist depictions of Mexicans and Mexican Americans in school textbooks. He has also served on the board of the National Huminites Alliance, a coalition of scholarly organizations that promotes humanities programs at all levels of education.
Dr. Michael Phillips is a historian and author whose work examines racism, racial violence, political extremism, and Texas history. An award-winning author and longtime educator, he was also a leader in the successful movement to remove Confederate monuments in Dallas.