we thank

the people who have already told us their stories; our interns, volunteers, and consultants;

and also all of the following people, for their many and varied acts of kindness:

Teresa Palomo Acosta, Austin

Kritika Agarwal, Humanities Institute, College of Liberal Arts, UT Austin

Jesus A. Andarza, The Andarza Law Office, Austin and Houston

the members of Asbury Methodist Church United Methodist Women, Austin

the staff of the Austin Community Foundation

Glenna Balch, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

Roger Barnes, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio

Alexandra Lynn Barron, St. Edward's University, Austin

Tony Black, Texas State Library & Archives Commission, Austin

Gary Bledsoe, Austin

Hazzan Neil Blumofe, Congregation Agudas Achim, Austin

Eric Bowles, Rapoport Service Scholar Program, College of Liberal Arts, UT Austin

Brian A. Bremen, Neil Francis Foley, John Morán González, Neville Hoad, and Katie Stewart

Edna Brown, Washington, D.C.

Barbara Budde, Parish Social Ministry, Diocese of Austin, The Catholic Church of Central Texas

Lisa Byrd, Pro Arts Collective

J.J. Cambell, Rural Rooster

Captain Arturo (Art) Cárdenas, Travis County Sheriff's Office

Don Carleton, Center for American History, University of Texas

Evan Carton, Humanities Institute, College of Liberal Arts, UT Austin

Michael Churgin, UT School of Law

Las Comadres Para Las Americas

Nora de Hoyos Comstock, Ph.D., Comstock Connections and Founder, Las Comadres Para Las Americas

Congregation Agudas Achim, Austin

Sun Connor, Austin Community Foundation

Andrea Cooper, American Printing and Mailing

María Sofia Corona, Austin and San Antonio

Martha Cotera, Austin

Richard Croxdale, People's History in Texas

Pedro Cruz, Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Harlingen

Jim Cullers, People's History in Texas

Robert Cullick and Suzanne Seriff, Austin

Larry Daves, La Junta, Colorado

Kenyatta Y. Dawson, independent graphic artist, Austin

Paloma Diaz, Austin

Sonny DiFranco, The Mac Guru

Freddie Dixon, Office of Thematic Initiatives and Community Engagement, Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, UT Austin

David Dow, Law Center, University of Houston

Tina Edwards, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals File Room

Tom Esparza and the staff of the Law Office of Thomas Esparza, Austin

Linda and Ernesto Fraga, Tiempo, Waco

Friends Meeting of Austin

Neil Foley, Department of History and Department of American Studies , UT Austin

Franciscan Sisters of Mary Immaculate, Amarillo Apostolate

Alicia Gallegos Gómez, Corpus Christi

Lora Ann and Steve Gerson, Austin

Edmund "Ted" Gordon, Office of Thematic Initiatives and Community Engagement , Division of Diversity and Community Engagement; the John L. Warfield Center for African and African American Studies, College of Liberal Arts; and the Department of Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts, UT Austin

Laurie B. Green, Department of History, UT Austin

Malcolm Greenstein, Greenstein & Kolker, Austin

Luz Guerra, Austin

Michael Hirsch, Sociology, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Huston-Tillotson University, Austin

John Holbrook, Fort Worth

Rev. George Holcombe and Wanda Holcombe, Asbury Methodist Church , Austin

Lauren Hughes, Austin

Rachel Jennings, San Antonio

Deb and Rick Keffler, Amarillo

Thomas L. Kolker, Greenstein & Kolker, Austin

Richard Lane, Huntsville Public Library

Rev. Joseph Lawless, St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Corpus Christi

Rick Levy and Lynn Rubinett, Austin

Marjorie Loehlin, Austin

Jennifer and Walter Long, Austin

Dennis Longmire, Sam Houston State University

Rosario Martínez, Austin and Houston

Verónica Y. Martínez-Matsuda, Department of History and the Center for Mexican American Studies, UT Austin and Bryn Mawr College

Kim Mason, Huntsville Public Library

Susanne E. Mason, Austin

Bishop Emeritus Leroy T. Matthiesen, Roman Catholic Diocese of Amarillo

Ellen Moutos-Lee, Regional Foundation Library , Office of Thematic Initiatives and Community Engagement, Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, UT Austin

Dan Olivas, Austin

Ruth Ortiz, Regional Foundation Library , Office of Thematic Initiatives and Community Engagement, Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, UT Austin

Cynthia Pérez, Las Manitas and La Peña, Austin

Lydia (Libby) Pérez, Las Manitas and La Peña, Austin

Choquette Peterson, Office of Thematic Initiatives and Community Engagement , Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, University of Texas at Austin

Alberta Phillips, Austin American-Statesman

Rev. Carroll Pickett

Alan Pogue, Texas Center for Documentary Photography

Erin Purdy, Center for American History, UT Austin

Helena Putnam, Public Information Office, Austin Police Department

Diane Radin, Austin

Eloy Ramos, Amarillo

John J. Raymond and Toni Raymond, Pflugerville

Kerry Louise Raymond, Austin

Kevin Michael Raymond, Prince William County, Virginia

Jorge Antonio Renaud

Steve Renaud

JoAnn Carreon-Reyes and Ruperto Reyes, Teatro Vivo, Austin

Janice D. Rios, Department of Finance, Red McCombs School of Business, UT Austin

Gordon Rubinett, Austin

Andrea N. Ruíz, Office of Thematic Initiatives and Community Engagement , Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, University of Texas at Austin

Chayah Saahene

Nidia Salamanca, Austin

Natasha Saldaña, Center for Mexican American Studies, College of Liberal Arts, UT Austin

Lorraine Samuels, Criminal Justice, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Huston-Tillotson University, Austin

Rabbi Julie Saxe-Taller, Congregation Sherith Israel, San Francisco, California

Willie Schmerler, Austin

Amy Sherman, Congregation Agudas Achim, Austin

Christen Smith, Department of Anthropology and the The John L. Warfield Center for African and African American Studies, College of Liberal Arts, UT Austin

Shannon Speed, Department of Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts and the Office of Thematic Initiatives and Community Engagement, Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, UT Austin

Karl Spencer, Office of Thematic Initiatives and Community Engagement , Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, UT Austin

Shante Stinson, Austin

Charles and Pauline Sullivan, CURE, Washington, D.C.

Allison Chandler Supancic, Regional Foundation Library , Office of Thematic Initiatives and Community Engagement, Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, UT Austin

Ellen Sweets, Austin

Ramana Tatineni, Austin Mac Works

Srini Tatineni, Austin Mac Works

The staff of the Texas State Library & Archives Commission, Austin

Shirley Thompson, Department of American Studies and the John L. Warfield Center for African & African American Studies, UT Austin

Gloría Ramírez Uribe, San Antonio

Roger Wade, Public Information Office, Travis County Sheriff's Office

Cathy Watson, Austin

Mark Westmoreland and Antony Cherian, Seed Documentary Cooperative

Linda L. White, Magnolia, Texas

Emilio Zamora, Department of History and the Center for Mexican American Studies, College of Liberal Arts, UT Austin

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