REMEMBERING THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION - A FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY EXHIBIT

November 20, 2025, marked the 115th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920). In 1910, Francisco I. Madero, a candidate for president of Mexico, wrote the Plan de San Luis Potosí, a document that called for the Mexican people to rise up in arms on November 20, 1910, against then-President Porfirio Díaz. Díaz’s presidency had long been seen as a dictatorship by many, and Madero argued that the only way for Mexico to move forward was to overthrow Díaz. Years of internal struggle and violence followed in Mexico. To learn more about the Mexican Revolution, visit the traveling panel exhibit from the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection at the University of Texas at Austin, *A Fight for Democracy, The First Years of the Mexican Revolution*, now displayed in the Main Library. Additional exhibits featuring archival materials from the library’s Border Heritage Center are also available for viewing. All exhibits will be available through the end of the year. 

Traveling panel exhibit from the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection at the University of Texas at Austin, A Fight For Democracy, The First Years of the Mexican Revolution

BHC's display

BHC'S private collection