{"id":1580,"date":"2013-03-10T06:49:27","date_gmt":"2013-03-10T06:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theaccent.org\/?p=1580"},"modified":"2013-03-10T06:49:27","modified_gmt":"2013-03-10T06:49:27","slug":"photo-blog-texas-independence-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/photo-blog-texas-independence-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo Blog: Texas Independence Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Story and Photos by Shireen Fatehi-Sedeh<\/p>\n

Texas is a great place because of diversity, Peck Young, Director of the Center for Public Policy and Political Studies said.<\/p>\n

On March 4 at the Eastview Campus, ACC students, faculty and staff celebrated Texas Independence Day by discussing diversity\u2019s role in the Texas revolution.<\/p>\n

Board of Trustees Chair Jeffrey Richard brought attention to the hundreds of black Texans who lost their free status after the revolution and didn’t regain it for more than 30 years. He also shared stories of black Texans like William Goyens, a diplomat who negotiated with the Cherokee.<\/p>\n

History Department Chair Mariano Diaz-Miranda spoke on the treatment of Tejanos (Texans of Spanish or Mexican heritage).<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce Texas independence was won, Tejanos’ contributions were forgotten or ignored,” he said.<\/p>\n

Diaz-Miranda also pointed out that the issue of immigration was different than it is today.<\/p>\n

“The first illegals [in Texas] came across the Sabine and the Red River and they spoke English,” he said.<\/p>\n

The event allowed students to participate by setting up and organizing their own governments in group exercises.<\/p>\n

ACC history major Cole Wilson, 19, made decisions that shaped legislative term limits for the fictional Republic of Freedonia.<\/p>\n

“I believe there should not be term limits in the Senate today,\u201d he said. \u201cA senator, who creates a foundation and has power, should in turn, continue to hold that foundation and have such power.\u201d<\/p>\n

Diana Pier, a 61-year-old science major, said she usually dislikes politics, but enjoyed debating the issues with students who had different perspectives.<\/p>\n

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Students listen to board of trustee Chair Jeffrey Richard speak about Black Texans’ contributions to the revolutionary cause during the Texas Independence Day celebration March 4.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Professor<\/a>
Professor Jeffrey Millstone involves students in a constitution building exercise inspired by the 1836 Republic of Texas constitution during the Texas Independence Day celebration at Eastview Campus March 4.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Dan Arellano, president of the Battle of Medina Society, stands in front of portraits of historic Texans as he listens to speakers at the Texas Independence Day Celebration at Eastview Campus March 4.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A reproduction of the Texas Declaration of Independence was on display at the Texas Independence Day celebration at Eastview Campus March 4.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Students listen to Senator Gonzalo Barrientos at the Texas Independence Day celebration at Eastview Campus March 4.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Examples of historic Texas currency were on display at the Texas Independence Day celebration at Eastview Campus March 4.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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