An essay at the Hall of State in Fair Park tells the debated story of María Andrea Castañon Villanueva, a Tejana survivor of the Battle of the Alamo. Some historians would later discredit Villanueva’s ...
There was a time when Texas women's contribution to the state rated little more than a paragraph in a textbook. That made a lot of people mad, including Ruthe Winegarten, who has spent more than 20 ...
In the first part of KSAT’s latest Tejano Moments series, we introduced you to Jose Toribio Losoya. Born and raised in San Antonio, he is one of many Tejano heroes who fought for Texas’ independence.
SAN ANTONIO — At the corner of Guadalupe and Brazos Street lies the Guadalupe Cultural Art Center Latino Bookstore. It's simple, decorated with vintage black and white tiles but its really the heart ...
A version of this story ran in the May 2016 issue. The recently published Entre Guadalupe y Malinche: Tejanas in Literature and Art is a collection of work by women who identify as Tejana. Many of the ...