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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Jp bryan | History Defined

How Scholars Lost the Culture War over Texas History

And how they could still start winning it.

Texas Observer · Sep 29, 2025

Amid New McCarthyism, the Alliance for Texas History Embraces Diverse Scholarship

“It’s particularly important at a moment when our state leaders have demonstrated that they don't want students to have a really full, inclusive accounting of our state or national past.”

Texas Observer · Jun 5, 2025

Standing Up for All Texans’ Stories

The new Alliance for Texas History calls for working everyone’s stories “into the fabric of Texas history.”

Texas Observer · May 1, 2024

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A battle over who gets to tell Texas history is brewing into a war over the state historical association’s future

Texas State Historical Association members can’t agree on the makeup of the group’s board. And Executive Director J.P. Bryan, a descendant of Stephen F. Austin, is suing.

The Texas Tribune · Jun 22, 2023

It’s Time to Defend the History of All Texans

The way we learn about our collective past is under attack thanks to new leadership at the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA).

Texas Observer · Jun 21, 2023

Those Who Don’t Know the Past…

The outcome of a fight to control a nonprofit group could shape the teaching of history in Texas.

Texas Observer · May 15, 2023

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