Blue Texas

Max Krochmal is associate professor of history and the founding chair of the Department of Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies at Texas Christian University.
For more information about Max Krochmal, visit the Author Page.

"A historical blueprint for Texas activists. . . . [This] history of multiracial civil rights movements in Texas offers lessons for progressives in the age of Trump, one of which is that demography is not necessarily destiny."-—Texas Observer

“It would be hard to find a more timely book about Texas political history than this dive into the coalition-building that brought together African-Americans, Mexican-Americans, Anglo progressives and labor activists.”—Austin American-Statesman

"A springboard for sharing new and desperately needed information. Bubbling over with long-forgotten names, events, and facts, this archive of Texas history will be dog-eared in advance and in hindsight of many elections to come."—Fort Worth Weekly

"Well written, well researched, and cogently argued, this book is an exceptionally rich work of scholarship that utilizes rare archival sources, original interviews, and a plethora of primary and secondary sources. Krochmal's study forges new ground and may cause many to adopt his method of retelling the story of the civil rights movement. . . . A template for balancing local and state research with the national narrative. The book is a captivating, must-read for historians of postwar labor and civil rights and for union officials and community organizers."—Journal of American History

"An amazingly well researched contribution to comparative racial, labor, and ethnic studies and must be read by historians of Texas, labor, Mexican American, and African American history."—American Historical Review

“A remarkable accomplishment in both breadth and depth of narrative and in its analytical reach.”—Western Historical Quarterly