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How Scholars Lost the Culture War over Texas History

And how they could still start winning it.

Texas Observer · Sep 29, 2025

Texas secessionists feel more emboldened than ever

At a recent conference that featured a sitting state senator, so-called “TEXIT” supporters celebrated their movement’s incremental gains.

The Texas Tribune · Nov 15, 2023

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

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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

Texas GOP pushes "patriotic education"

Historians are not wild about the Texas GOP's view of state history

Salon · Sep 27, 2022

1836 Project promotes sanitized version of Texas history, experts say

The Texas Tribune reviewed the 15-page document, which will be handed out to new drivers, and asked historians to comment on how accurately and thoroughly it chronicles the state’s history.

The Texas Tribune · Sep 26, 2022

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