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  • Struggles for Inclusive Curriculum, Ethnic Studies, and Academic Freedom: A Timeline and its Throughlines

    2010 – 2022

  • Texas 2010 SBOE Hearings on History Standards

    January 13, 2010
    Texas 2010 SBOE Hearings on History Standards, Moses, Ten Commandments, Texas, Texas SBOE

  • The Minutemen assigns itself the task of monitoring the U.S.-Mexico border

    April 23, 2010
    Immigration, Arizona, Jan Brewer

  • Arizona's Anti-Immigrant SB 1070 Signed into Law

    April 23, 2010
    SB1070, Arizona, immigration

  • Ethnic Studies AZ—HB 2281 Signed into Law

    May 11, 2010
    Arizona, Ethnic Studies, Mexican American Studies, Gov. Jan Brewer

  • Maya Arce, Korina Lopez, et al. file a lawsuit against the Arizona State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne

    October 18, 2010
    Maya Arce, korina Lopez, TUSD, Arizona, Mexican American Studies, Ethnic Studies

  • John Huppenthal is elected as Arizona Superintendent of Instruction

    November 2, 2010
    John Huppenthal, Arizona, Superintendent of Instruction

  • Arizona State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne issued a finding that TUSD is in violation of ARS 15-112

    December 30, 2010
    Tom Horne, TUSD

  • Tom Horne becomes Attorney General for the State of Arizona

    January 1, 2011 – January 5, 2015
    Tom Horne, Arizona

  • AZ Sup. John Huppenthal issues expresses support for Tom Horne’s findings, retaining Cambium as an independent auditor

    January 4, 2011

  • Protest at the TUSD School Board Oppsing HB 2281

    April 26, 2011
    TUSD, Mexican American Studies, Protest, HB2281

  • Cambium Report finds NO evidence of any violations

    May 2, 2011
    John Huppenthal, TUSD, Mexican American Studies, Cambium Report

  • TUSD votes to eliminate its MAS program in 2012

    January 10, 2012
    Mexican American Studies, Arizona

  • Banned Books are Swept Up by the TUSD Administration

    January 10, 2012
    Banned Books, Shakespeare, Salmon Baldonegro

  • Librotraficante Caravans--replacing AZ's banned books

    March 17, 2012
    Tony Diaz, Librotraficante, book ban

  • 2013 Proposal to the Texas SBOE for a Stand-Alone Course in MAS

    February 13, 2013
    Ruben Cortez, SBOE

  • MAJOR SETBACK: Arizona District Court Dismisses Plaintiff's Claim Re: Denial of Equal Protection

    March 8, 2013
    Arizona District Court, Mexican American Studies, TUSD

  • Sen. Dan Patrick (now Lt. Governor) filed SB 1128

    March 12, 2013
    higher education, academic freedom, Sen. Dan Patrick

  • SBOE member Ruben Cortez proposes a MAS course

    Nov 21, 2014
    Ruben Cortez, SBOE

  • Maya & Korina Lopez at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco

    January 12, 2015
    Tony Diaz, Maya Arce, Korina Lopez

  • 9th Circuit Reverses AZ Court Decision, Remanding it Back to State's District Court

    July 5, 2015
    Tony Diaz, Librotraficante, 9th Circuit, AZ, Mexican American Studies, San Francisco

  • Attorney Richard Martinez asks me to testify in Arce v. Huppenthal

    December 10, 2015
    Angela Valenzuela, expert witness

  • Donald Trump gets elected into office

    November 9, 2016
    Donald Trump

  • Ethnic Studies passes in AISD

    December 12, 2016
    Ethnic Studies, AISD

  • #MeToo Movement

    2017
    #MeToo, Austin, protest, #MeToo Movement, march

  • Challenge to Academic Freedom HB 2120 in Arizona

    January 17, 2017
    Academic Freedom, Arizona legislature

  • The first Ethnic Studies Bill filed in the Texas State Legislature

    February 25, 2017
    Sen. Sylvia Garcia, Ethnic Studies, legislation, SB 695

  • White nationalists use tiki torches to light up Charlottesville march

    August 11, 2017
    White nationalism, Charlottesville

  • Judge Wallace A. Tashima rules against AZ Dept. of Instruction

    August 23, 2017
    Judge Wallace A. Tashima, TUSD, Mexican American Studies

  • March For Our Lives, Washington, D.C.

    March 24, 2018
    Parkland, March for our Lives, GenZ

  • Historic SBOE victory for Ethnic Studies in Texas

    June 12, 2018
    SBOE, Mexican American Studies, Ethnic Studies

  • The 1619 Project is an ongoing initiative from The New York Times

    August 2019
    Nikole Hannah-Jones, 1619 Project, New York Times

  • Coronavirus Pandemic Outbreak in the U.S.

    January 31, 2020
    Coronavirus, pandemic, Covid19

  • George Floyd is Murdered by Derek Chauvin

    May 25, 2020
    George Floyd murder

  • Historic Summer #BLM Protests of 2020 for Racial Justice

    Summer, 2020
    George Floyd, #BLM, Black Lives Matter, Summer 2020 protests, racial justice

  • GenZ, the Tik Tok Generation Sabatoges Trump's "Comeback Rally" in Tulsa, OK

    June 20, 2020
    GenZ, Donald Trump, Tik Tok, Tulsa, Oklahoma

  • Christopher Rufo appears on Fox News with Tucker Carlson on Fox urging Trump to abolish CRT

    September 1 – 2, 2020
    Christopher Rufo, Fox News, Critical Race Theory, CRT, Tucker Carlson

  • Trump's DEI Executive Order 5 U.S.C. 2301

    September 22, 2020
    Donald Trump, Trump, Executive Order

  • Rep. Christina Morales files HB 1504 for the 2021 Texas State Legislature

    February 1, 2021
    Rep. Christina Morales, Mexican American Studies, Ethnic Studies, HB 1504

  • Texas' first anti-CRT (HB 3979) bill gets filed in March 11, 2021

    March 11, 2021
    HB 3979, CRT, Critical Race Theory, Texas State Legislature, Rep. Peter Toth

  • Christopher Rufo pens "Critical Race Theory: What It Is and How to Fight It"

    March 30, 2021
    Christopher Rufo, CRT, DEI

  • Gov. Abbott signs Texas “Critical Race Theory” signed HB 3979 into law

    June 15, 2021
    HB 3979, CRT, Texas State Legislature

  • The "1836 Project" (HB 2497) gets signed into Law by Gov. Abbott

    June 16, 2021
    1836 Project

  • Declaration Against Censorship from Texas University Faculty Involved in Teacher and Administrator Preparation in Response to HB 3979

    June 16, 2021
    HB 3979, petition, Critical Race Theory

  • Gov. Abbott signs SB 3, Tougher Anti-CRT into law.

    June 22, 2021
    HB 3979, Critical Race Theory (CRT), SB 3, Texas Legislature, 2021 Special called session of the legislature

  • A Texas lawmaker is targeting 850 books that he says could make students feel uneasy

    October 28, 2021
    Book banning, Rep. Matt Krause, CRT, SB3

  • 1619 Project gets published and within a month is decried as "Wokerism"

    November 16, 2021
    1619 Project, Academic Freedom, Wokerism, anti-woke

  • UT Austin research program teaches white 4-year-olds about ‘anti-Black racism’

    Nov 18, 2021
    Academic Freedom, GoKar!, UT-Austin, research, Richard Lowery

  • ELP Departmental letter to UT Pres. and Provost gets leaked to the Texas Tribune

    November 22, 2021
    Academic Freedom, GoKar!, UT-Austin, research

  • Emergency Departmental Strategy Faculty Meeting at UT

    November 22, 2021
    Academic Freedom, GoKar!, UT-Austin, research, Richard Lowery

  • ELP Faculty Letter to Texas Tribune gets leaked

    Nov 22, 2021
    Texas Tribune, GoKar!, Academic Freedom, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy

  • Committee of Counsel on Academic Freedom (CAFR)

    Nov 22, 2021
    UT-Austin, GoKar!, Counsel on Academic Freedom and Responsibility (CAFR)

  • Emergency strategy meeting w TLEEC, LULAC and members of the Texas Mexican American Legislative Caucus

    Nov 23, 2021
    GoKar!, Academic Freedom, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, Texas Mexican American Legislative Caucus, UT Austin

  • UT Resolution Defending Academic Freedom to teach about Race & Gender Justice & Critical Race Theory

    February 14, 2022
    Academic Freedom, COMMITTEE OF COUNSEL ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY, CCAFR, UT-Austin, GoKar!

  • Rep. Christina Morales files HB 45 a second time for the 2023 Texas Legislative Session

    Nov 25, 2022
    Rep. Christina Morales, Tony Diaz

  • The End

    December 2, 2022