Journal of Texas History
Volume 2, Number 2 (2026)
Articles
“We’ve Got Black Power and That’s Gonna Go a Long Way”: Ruth Jefferson of the Dallas NWRO and the Origins of a Multiracial Coalition in Dallas
Katherine Bynum Chávez
Maggies, Not Aggies: The Long History of Opposition to Women at Texas A&M
Kara Alexander Culp
Special Feature: Texas at 250: The Lone Star State and the Meaning of American Independence
Sam W. Haynes
“Yo el Rey” (I the King): The Limits of Freedom and Independence on
the Texas Frontier during the American Revolution, 1776–1783
Francis X. Galán
The Forgotten Founders: Enlightened Spanish Leadership in Texasand the North American West
Bradley Folsom
Ambiguous Destiny: The Origins of Filibusters into Texas and Northern Mexico, 1812–1820
James Aalan Bernsen
Commemorating the United States Semiquincentennial in Texas:
A Public History Opportunity
Peggy Price
Melting Point: Family, Memory, and the Search for a Promised Land. By Rachel Cockerell. (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2025. Pp. 416.)
Stephen K. Davis
The Water Cries: Uncovering the Slave Auction Houses of Galveston, Texas. By
Anthony Paul Griffin. (Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press, 2025. Pp. 260.)
Maria R. Montalvo
Full Issue
Full Issue
Editorial Team
Front Matters
Front Matter
Editorial Team
Editors' Note
Rebecca Sharpless, Kenna Lang Archer, Jeff Roche, Carlos Blanton, and Justin Randolph
Back Matter
Back Matter
Editorial Team
Vantage Point
Seeing the Trinity’s Treesfor Texas History
Scot McFarlane