• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Charles D. Thompson, Jr.

Teacher. Author. Filmmaker. Photographer.

  • Articles
  • Films
    • Rock Castle Home
    • Border Crossing 101
    • Faces of Time | Los Rostros del Tiempo
    • Homeplace Under Fire
    • Brother Towns | Pueblos Hermanos
    • Plate Tectonics
    • We Shall Not Be Moved
    • The Guestworker
  • Books
    • Going Over Home
    • Border Odyssey
    • Spirits of Just Men
    • The Old German Baptist Brethren
    • Indigenous Diasporas and Dislocations
    • The Human Cost of Food
    • Maya Identities and the Violence of Place
  • Teaching
    • Plate Tectonics
  • Projects
    • Pilgrimage to America’s Sacred Spaces (PASS)
  • Bio
  • Contact

Search Charles D. Thompson

History of the Border

An interactive timeline describing the history and major events on the U.S./Mexico border (1519-1998) is available on the PBS website: www.pbs.org/kpbs/theborder/history/interactive-timeline.html

Check out this graphic animation of the morphing US/Mexican border:
www.pbs.org/kpbs/theborder/history/index.html, click on ‘morphing map’ at page bottom

To learn more about the U.S./Mexico border, its history, and current debates over it, see the list of related links compiled by PBS here: www.pbs.org/kpbs/theborder/history/index.html

For border history post-1998, check out the Humane Borders website, at: www.humaneborders.org/news/news4.html. Humane Borders, an organization committed to building a humane and just border environment, has compiled several detailed maps showing migrant deaths, rescue beacons, and water stations along the U.S./Mexico border from 2000-2007.

[ top of page]

 

Primary Sidebar

Brother Towns Info

  • Immigration in the U.S. Today
    • Why Do They Come?
    • Becoming a U.S. Citizen
    • Immigration Concerns
  • The Border
    • History of the Border
    • Crossing the Border
    • U.S. Border Patrol
  • Day Labor in the U.S.
    • What is Day Labor?
    • What Are Day Labor Centers?
    • Myths About Day Labor
    • Day Labor Abuses
  • Maya History
  • Making the Movie: Introduction
    • Contributing Artists
    • Film Crew
    • Acknowledgements & Funders
  • Brother Towns Contacts
  • Study Guide & Posters

© 2021 Charles D. Thompson, Jr. · All Rights Reserved · All Photos by Charles D. Thompson, Jr. · Website by Tomatillo Design

Subscribe to Updates

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.