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Lecture & Art Exhibit: Revolución to La Huelga: The Brownsville Eagle Bus Strike of 1980

November 19, 2015 @ 10:00 am - 12:30 pm

Free

Please join the Texas A&M San Antonio University Library for another installment of Latino Americans: 500 Years of History grant programming on Thursday, November 19th from 11a.m. to 12:30p.m.  Dr. Edith Esparza-Young, A&M-San Antonio Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Bilingual Education and ESL will be giving a presentation titled Revolución to La Huelga: The Brownsville Eagle Bus Strike of 1980 which explores how the artwork of Francisco Esparza inspired workers at Eagle Manufacturing in Brownsville, Texas to fight for equal rights in 1980. Francisco’s artwork will be on display with the help of Alejandro Macías, Curator and Lecturer in Foundations at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.  The event will take place in the Vista Room of the Central Academic Building and is free and open to the public.

Location: Vista Room, Central Academic Building at Main Campus

Contact: University Library
Email: library@tamusa.tamus.edu
Phone:

Details

Date:
November 19, 2015
Time:
10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Cost:
Free
Website:
http://www.tamusa.edu/events/2015/11/revoluci%C3%B3n-to-la-huelga-the-brownsville-eagle-bus-strike-of-1980.html

Organizer

Texas A&M-SA Library
Phone:
(210) 784-1500

Venue

Texas A&M San Antonio – Vista Room, Central Academic Building
1450 Gillette Ave
San Antonio, TX 78224 United States
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