From The Editors

Welcome to the third annual issue of The Historical Review at the University of Washington. We are delighted to return with another issue highlighting the historical work being done on campus. We continue to grow as an organization and have strived to introduce new features to bring our readers the best experience possible. We have continuously met online and in-person to grow our own community and connect with the historical community at large over the last year. Together, we have received a wonderful and expansive group of submissions that we narrowed down to what you are about to read. At the core of our journal is a desire to bring the history community together in celebration of the impressive work happening across our campus. As we continue to navigate a post-lockdown world, we are eager to present you with pieces that connect us and help us understand one another. Throughout these pages, we will showcase the amazing work that has been done this year by UW students. 

In this issue, we are sharing the work of three UW undergraduates, who have graciously shared their historical work to be in these pages. First off, Bender analyzes how activism following the police killings of several Black men in Seattle from 1960-1970 forced changes in the newspaper coverage of police violence in The Seattle Times and Seattle Post-Intelligencer. By utilizing Regina Lawrence’s framework of “critical, non-official” and “noncritical, official” sources, Bender shows how these newspapers changed their source material and coverage of police violence in response to increasingly visible and radical activism. Next, Bertolin’s paper focuses on the disproportionate effects of the HIV/AIDS crisis on AFAB people and how medical misogyny has increased the harm that AFAB people diagnosed with HIV experience by making testing and clinical trials more difficult to access. Finally, Massey examines the 1915 Plan de San Diego through the lens of a history of racial formation in the Texas borderlands. Through a historical overview and the method of close reading, the author reveals the development of the "Mexican race" category invoked by the 1915 rebels. 

Thank you for taking the time to read the hard work of our incredible authors we have been lucky enough to receive. We hope this can provide you with interesting historical ideas that you will enjoy as much as we did. 

Sincerely, 

Sierra Muehlbauer 

Editor-in-Chief