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TEXAS HISTORICAL MARKERS

William Rubio Carbajal

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Marker Text: ​The first Mexican American to attend and graduate from Goliad high school was William Rubio Carbajal. The effort to get him admitted to the high school and receive the same education as Anglo Americans was an important struggle for Mexican Americans in Goliad county and in Texas. William was born in May of 1915, and was the ninth generation of his family to be born in Texas. His ancestors had served the U.S. military in the American revolution, Texas revolution, civil war, Indian Wars and World War I. William attended a segregated public school in the city of Goliad. The Mexican school ended with the seventh grade and consisted of a small 20 x 30 foot room with up to sixty children in attendance. William’s principal, Frank Wallace, believed he should go on to the high school even though it was for whites only.
​    With the support of Wallace, William asked permission from the school board to attend the high school. His request was denied. The family continued to fight and asked for assistance from the San Antonio chapter of the league of united Latin American citizens (Lulac) in 1932. Lulac responded by forming the Goliad chapter which still exists today. The Lulac council, Frank Wallace and the Carbajal family brought the fight to the Texas board of education in Austin which granted him the right to attend Goliad high school. Three days of waiting on the steps of the school passed before they finally allowed him to enter. William excelled in his studies, participated in school plays and made all-district on the football team. In 1935, William became the first Mexican American to earn a high school diploma from the Goliad high school. (2012) 
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Marker No. 17201
Aluminum 27 x 42 Subject Marker
Geographic: 28° 40.586′ N, 97° 23.68′ W
Location: 759 Tiger Drive, Goliad ​
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  • Wilson Chapel Methodist Church
  • Marian Anderson High School
  • Alfred M. Hallmark
  • No 57: Old San Antonio Road
  • Zephyr Cemetery
  • Zephyr Gospel Tabernacle
  • First Baptist Church of Zephyr
  • Military Road
  • Zephyr Presbyterian Church
  • Burkett Pecan Tree
  • Hittson Ranch
  • Callahan City Cemetery
  • Admiral Baptist Church
  • Belle Plaine Cemetery
  • Ross Cemetery
  • The Prew House
  • Brooke Smith
  • Minnie Fisher Cunningham
  • Ebenezer Baptist Church
  • Dodge
  • Site of Andrew Female College
  • Glendale Cemetery
  • Community of Fodice
  • Pegleg Crossing on the San Saba
  • B. T. Brown House
  • German Methodist Church/First Fire Station
  • Providence Church and Cemetery
  • Packsaddle Mountain
  • Homesite of W. F. Heller, Pioneer Farmer
  • The Bosque-Larios Expedition
  • No. 60 Old San Antonio Road
  • No. 56 Old San Antonio Road
  • No. 59 Old San Antonio Road
  • Texas Central Railroad
  • Center City Community
  • Orla
  • Fairview Cemetery
  • Anderson County in the Civil War
  • Leander
  • Oveta Culp Hobby and the Women's Army Corps
  • Jacob Haller House
  • James M. Holt
  • Washington-on-the Brazos
  • Donigan House
  • Fort Worth Stock Yards Entrance
  • Smithfield Baptist Church
  • Elite Cafe
  • Joseph Brooks Home
  • Phair Cemetery
  • Witting School
  • Pioneer Bank Building
  • Whitney Memorial Park
  • Site of Alvarado School, Church and Union Building
  • Two Sheriffs of Mason County
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