This article was originally published in The University Press, Lamar University’s student newspaper, on April 9, 2019. Story by Eleanor SkeltonUP contributor The BMT Latina/o Oral History Project hosted “Live In Conversation,” April 8. The event featured two Southeast Texas Latinx speakers, Roberto Flores Sr., a Beaumont native, and Luis Lopez, who immigrated to Southeast TexasContinueContinue reading “Oral history project documents Latinx history in Southeast Texas”
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Southeast Texans stand with refugees affected by Muslim travel ban in candlelight vigil
(Left) Demonstrators left a sign that read “Refugees are welcome here” next to a candle outside the Event Centre in downtown Beaumont the evening of Feb. 3. (Right) A crowd gathered with lit candles to stand in solidarity with those affected by the travel ban from seven Muslim-majority countries, an executive order from the TrumpContinueContinue reading “Southeast Texans stand with refugees affected by Muslim travel ban in candlelight vigil”
Eleanor Skelton 