
Stephen Pitti
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Chicano historian @Yale; Director of @YaleRITM; @ssrcmellonmays; Northern CA & New Mexico; c/s.
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Today is the 100th anniversary of the Border Patrol, largest federal policing org the US. Unlike the CIA/FBI in 70s, it never had an accounting. impunity reigns. Kelly Hernandez’s Migra! is a great book on its founding. And End of the Myth is evergreen. theintercept.com/2019/02/10/us-…




Assistant professor searches Yale History for 1) Modern Europe 2) Early Modern Europe 3) colonial Latin America 4) history of technology. Details here history.yale.edu/about-us/curre…

Reading the review of Ybor City (UNC Press) & Latino South (Cecilia Márquez (she/her)) in Southern Spaces nearly made me teary. Big thanks to Yami Rodriguez (Emory History) who saw the intention of each work & the argued for the ways they reshape the fields. tinyurl.com/bz2w6np7

It was great to celebrate Mexican American Civil Rights Institute (MACRI) taking a major step towards building America's first Mexican American Civil Rights Museum. San Antonio is the cradle of Mexican American civil rights and our city will be a great home for this important institution.






“Migrants fuel the Texas construction boom” Had the chance to talk with Weekend Edition about undocumented construction workers in Texas. We discussed why the state has quietly accepted their necessity, even as TX cracks down on the border. one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-515605…



Thrilled to share that our founder and director, Dr. Nicolás Kanellos, will receive the National Humanities Medal from President Joe Biden today! National Endowment for the Humanities
