Little did I know then that the impression it left would be indelible, drawing me decades later to Austin, TX, the live music capital of the world, where the story of Buddy Holly’s impact on Texas music can be found in the Texas History Museum. The following is in its original form…...
For example, Anglo settlers in Texas regarded Mexicans as savage "heathens" who historically practiced human sacrifice, and saw them as a decadent and inferior people. Most prejudice was expressed in racial terms. A popular journal, the Southern Review, expressed the dominant feeling of many white...