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Civil Rights in Texas

Civil Rights in Texas

On October 14, 1964, the Nobel Committee in Norway awarded Dr. Mar- tin Luther King the Nobel Peace Prize. At age 35, Dr. King was the youngest person to receive such prestigious recognition. Through- out his career as a civil rights leader, Dr. King credited Mahatma...
Armando Sanchez

Armando Sanchez

Armando Sanchez, a native of South San Antonio, grew up drawing and sketching and recalls that as a child in elementary school his teach- ers would ask him to use his artistic skills to help deco- rate the classroom for holi- day events such as Thanks- giving and...
Miraflores: A Garden for the Ages

Miraflores: A Garden for the Ages

The heavy rainfall over the fall months of 2018 delayed conservation work on Miraflores, one of San Antonio’s most fabled gardens. The rain showers flooded the water table under the garden’s grounds and as a consequence water overflows and fills the low spots of the...
Dr. Aureliano Urrutia

Dr. Aureliano Urrutia

Arriving in San Antonio, Texas in 1914, Dr. Aureliano Urrutia rapidly established himself as one of finest medical physicians in the city. His legacy, however, is not limited to the medical profession. By all accounts, Dr. Urrutia was San Antonio’s first major...
Dionicio Rodriguez

Dionicio Rodriguez

Throughout my life I have enjoyed two passions: art and running. At an early age when I started going to Brackenridge Park it never occured to me that the park offered me the opportunity to enjoy both running and art at the same time. Later in my adult years I...