Public history encompasses a wide variety of projects, institutions, or programs. National Parks, museums, art installations, murals, historic sites, digital collections, and story maps only scratch the surface of what public history is.

Every public history, regardless of medium, manifests two stories; the history it illustrates or was created for and the history of the society’s culture in which it was erected. Public history is the engagement of the community’s people, places, events, culture, and experience.

This project perfectly encapsulates this dynamic, dualistic interpretation. Blackwell School tells the story of Mexican American segregation in Texas, while simultaneously reflecting the modern demand for the inclusion and preservation of Latino histories in American historical discourse.