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Word: tejano (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Antonio's 1.1 million residents are Hispanic, and some are up , in arms about the way a new film depicts the famous battle. Alamo -- The Price of Freedom is to run in a giant-screened theater near the fort. Hispanic leaders claim the film demeans the role of nine Tejano (Texas-born Mexican) defenders in the siege. Also "inaccurate and uncalled for," they say, is a scene that shows Mexican soldiers bayoneting Colonel Jim Bowie to death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TEXAS: Refighting The Alamo | 2/1/1988 | See Source »

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