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Caption: Broncs Score on Wharton Junior College

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Photograph of 1947 Edinburg Junior College Football Team

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Caption: Glenn Jennings Heavyweight Champ in YMCA and Golden Gloves

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Photograph of 1948 Edinburg Junior College Tennis Team

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Caption: Harlan Smith

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Photograph of 1951 Edinburg Regional College Basketball Team

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Caption: Hundred Yard Dash: Jimmy Barbara, Aaron Hinojosa, Ignacio Garcia

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Photograph of 1952 Edinburg Regional College Baseball Team

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Photograph of 1952 Edinburg Regional College Tennis Team

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Photograph of 1952 Edinburg Regional College Archery Team

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Caption: Sports

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Photograph of 1950 Edinburg Regional College Track Player

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A picture of a couple dancing during the Charro Days celebrations.

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The purpose of this lesson is to reinforce students’ understandings of reasons for nonviolent strikes, while also promoting the peaceful collaboration of different racial and ethnic groups, as expressed by the Filipino and Mexican farm workers…

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In 1966 for about 90 days, hundreds of men, women and children from Starr County began a strike that changed workers’ rights in Texas. This march began from our side of the world (RGV) to the state capitol (Austin, TX) where over 15,000 people,…

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An article about the celebrations and traditions for Day of the Dead. The article describes how Brownsville citizens celebrated the traditional holiday.

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Program invitation for Charro Days 1941

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The purpose of this lesson is to help students understand the different holidays, traditions, and celebrations that take place in their community. It is important for students to learn about holidays, because they learn the history behind the…

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An image of the flooding caused by hurricane Beulah in the City of Harlingen in 1967.

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Image of a the Vazquez family home in Mercedes, Texas flooded by hurricane Beulah in 1967.

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Newspaper article regarding the estimated crop damage caused by hurricane Beulah. They estimated a $1 billion crop damage.

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Photograph of 1938 Harlingen High School Girls Baseball Team

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Photograph of 1940 Harlingen High School Football

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Caption: Swimming
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