100 Years of Ethnic Mexcian Education in Nueces County highlights the history of segregated Mexican schooling in Robstown and Corpus Christi. Join the Robstown Area Historical Museum for a community event featuring historians, rare artifacts, and firsthand stories from Bullard Elementary alumni as we reflect on the past and explore how education helped communities confront and overcome social inequality. 

9:30 AM: Keach Library Opens

9:45 AM: Welcome Remarks

10 AM: Bullard Alumni Panel #1

11 AM: Mi Libro Espanol Panel

11:45 AM: San Pedro Mariachi

12:15 PM: Bullard Alumni Panel #2

1PM: Dr. Barragan Goetz | Keynote

Dr. Philis M. Barragan Goetz is an Associate Professor of History at Texas A&M University San Antonio and the author of Reading, Writing, and Revolution: Escuelitas and the Emergence of a Mexican American Identity in Texas (UT Press, 2020).

• Humanities Texas

• Nueces County Public Libraries

• Robstown Area History Museum

Project Director: Jonathan Cortez, Ph.D.

For more information: jonathan.cortez@utexas.edu