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Alonso S. Perales: Civil Rights Trailblazer Traveling Exhibit

The Mexican American Civil Rights Institute is pleased to offer our traveling exhibit on Alonso S. Perales to cultural and educational institutions. Designed to appeal to institutions of all sizes and budgets, from K-12 schools to small and medium-sized community centers and museums. Our traveling exhibit offers high-quality content and supplementary materials, easy installation, and low rental fees. Whether you are a cultural center with a formal gallery space or a teacher with limited classroom space, our traveling exhibit is designed to meet your programming needs.

Covering the life and legacy of Alonso S. Perales, our series of 13 lightweight and easy-to-install retractable banners offer a thematically arranged introduction to an inspiring but underknown figure in US history who had an enormous impact on Mexican American civil rights.

MACRI Collection

BOOKING

We are currently accepting exhibition bookings for 2025 through 2027. To book the exhibition or receive a quote, please complete the form or email info@somosmacri.org. Please have your preferred booking dates and delivery address information available. Confirmation documents will be sent to you once your reservation has been processed.

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Fees & Delivery

Rental fees are based primarily on the cost of delivery/shipping. Prices may vary based on current fuel surcharges or venue location within the state of Texas. Out-of-state rentals are priced on an individual basis. Payment is expected within 30 days of receiving the exhibition via check or card, but early payments are accepted. Please contact us for a rental fee quote specific to your venue.

The exhibition will arrive at your location prepaid at least a day in advance of your scheduled opening date. Approximately one week before the end of your exhibit, we will send you specific instructions and materials for forwarding the exhibition to its next destination.

Exhibition Format
  • Language: English; Spanish guide available
  • Content: 13 single-sided retractable banners (33”w x 84”h)
  • Space Requirements: 36 linear feet of floor space; alternatively panels can be placed back to back (fits comfortably in a 150 sq. ft. area)
Guest Speaker

If you are interested in hosting Dr. Cynthia Orozco as part of your exhibit, contact her directly at https://cynthiaorozco.com/contact to inquire about her availability and speaker fees.

Special Thanks

This exhibit is based on Dr. Cynthia E. Orozco’s biography of Perales, Pioneer of Mexican-American Civil Rights: Alonso S. Perales, published by Arte Público Press in 2020. Find it at your local library or bookstore.

We thank the following for their generous assistance in making this exhibit possible:

  • Humanities Texas
  • Dr. Cynthia E. Orozco
  • Arte Público Press
  • Marta Perales Carrizales
  • Raimundo Perales and
  • Mary Munguia Perales
  • Andres Borunda

This exhibit is made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Sarah Zenaida Gould, PhD
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Sarah Zenaida Gould, Ph.D. is Executive Director of the Mexican American Civil Rights Institute (MACRI), an emerging national museum collecting and disseminating Mexican American civil rights history based in San Antonio, Texas. A longtime museum worker and public historian, she has curated over a dozen exhibits on history, art, and culture. Before joining MACRI, she was founding director of the Museo del Westside, a community participatory museum housed at the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center’s Rinconcito de Esperanza in San Antonio’s Westside, the historic center of Mexican American San Antonio. In 2019, her visionary work for the Museo earned her the “crown” at the biennial Reimagining the Museum: Conference of the Americas held in Oaxaca, Mexico. Prior to launching the Museo, Gould was the lead curatorial researcher at the Institute of Texan Cultures, a museum dedicated to telling the stories of Texas’ diverse cultures. While at ITC she curated exhibits on a range of topics from fashion to folklife and toys to Tejanos, and guest curated Bexar County’s tricentennial exhibit “Nuestra Historia – Our History: Spain in Bexar County,” featuring maps and documents from the Archivo General de las Indias in Seville, Spain.

Outside of museum work, Gould is a noted preservationist. She is co-founder and former co-chair of Latinos in Heritage Conservation, a national organization that promotes historic preservation within Latino communities and advocates for the protection of Latino tangible and intangible heritage, at local, state, and national levels. She frequently speaks on topics related to historic preservation and representation of Latino histories, serves as an Advisor to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and is a member of the Westside Preservation Alliance, a coalition dedicated to promoting and preserving the working-class architecture of San Antonio’s Westside.  Additionally, she serves on the boards of the Friends of the Texas Historical Commission, the fundraising arm of Texas’ state historic preservation office, and Texans for the Arts, a non-partisan statewide arts advocacy organization. She formerly served on the boards of the American Association of State and Local History, El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Association, San Anto Cultural Arts, and the South Texas Popular Culture Center.

Gould received a BA in American Studies from Smith College and an MA and PhD in American Culture from the University of Michigan. She also holds a certificate in Philanthropic and Fundraising Administration from NYU’s School of Continuing Studies. She is a former fellow at the National Museum of American History, the Winterthur Museum, and the American Antiquarian Society, and is an alumna of the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture Leadership Institute.

 Her publications include “Latinos in Heritage Conservation: Establishing a National Vision for American Latinos and Historic Preservation” in Bending the Future: Fifty Ideas for the Next Fifty Years of Historic Preservation in America (University of Massachusetts Press, 2016); “A Fair to Remember: HemisFair ‘68,” in 300 Years of San Antonio and Bexar County (Trinity University Press, 2018); and “Field Guide to the Westside,” in Vernacular Architecture of San Antonio and its Environs (Texas A & M University Press, 2021).

 Gould is a native Tejana and the descendant of farmers and farmworkers. Her maternal grandparents were active members of LULAC.