High Noon Talk: Texas Activism

Online Program

May 7, 2020 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Discover how organizers helped shape Texas politics.

Program Details

High Noon Talks highlight interesting and often untold topics through a casual lunch-time lecture.

Join author and historian Max Krochmal for a livestream talk as he reveals the often-overlooked foundations and liberal traditions of one of our nation’s most conservative states. Krochmal's research shines a light on the activists who, by crossing racial lines and building coalitions, democratized their cities and state from the 30s through the 60s.

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This program is available as an on-demand recording for CPE credit. To get access to the link and a certificate email Education@thestoryoftexas.com.

About the Presenter

Max Krochmal is a scholar-activist and writer based in Fort Worth, Texas. He is an Associate Professor of History and the founding Chair of the Department of Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies at Texas Christian University. “Dr. Max,” as his students call him, is the author of Blue Texas: The Making of a Multiracial Democratic Coalition in the Civil Rights Era, winner of the OAH's Frederick Jackson Turner Award, and co-author of Civil Rights in Black and Brown: Oral Histories of the Liberation Struggles in Texas, a collaborative project supported by an NEH Collaborative Research Grant (forthcoming from the University of Texas Press, spring 2021). He also serves on the board of United Fort Worth, a cross-cultural civic and immigrant rights organization, and co-chairs the Fort Worth ISD Racial Equity Committee.

The Bullock Texas State History Museum is a division of the Texas State Preservation Board. Additional support for educational programming provided by the Texas State History Museum Foundation.