Emma Tenayuca-Archive

Ofrenda for Emma Tenayuca designed by Amalia Mesa-Bains, housed at the San Antonio Museum of Art, 2025.

Video depicting the lasting legacy of Emma Tenayuca through children's education and community testimonies, 2019.

About 500 people came together at Travis Park in San Antonio, Tex., to celebrate International Women’s Day and the 70th anniversary of the pecan shellers strike led by Emma Tenayuca on Saturday, March 8, 2008.

Mural of Emma Tenayuca by Terry Ybañez in Southtown San Antonio.

Mural of Emma Tenayuca and other notable Tejanxs by Valerie Arranda  and others, 2006.

"Mis Palabras Mi Poder," at Burleson Elementary School, 2002.

Interview with Emma Tenayuca by Jerry Polo, 1987.

Mexican American pecan workers in San Antonio, Texas, 1939.

Many people were protesting the Communist Party meeting happening inside the Municipal Auditorium, at which Emma Tenayuca was present. Police officers confronted protesters trying to enter the auditorium, 1939.

Emma Tenayuca in front of a jail cell, 1938.

Emma Tenayuca became a leader in the pecan-shellers' strike, 1938.

Emma Tenayuca in court for her charges of unlawful assembly and disturbing the peace, 1937.

Emma Tenayuca leads a Workers Alliance rally outside of San Antonio city hall, 1937.

Emma Tenayuca with her husband, Homer Brooks, who she later divorced, 1937.

Emma Tenayuca's Brackenridge High School senior yearbook photo, 1934.

A Texas Talks segment from 2019 featuring Dr. Emilio Zamora and Dr. Andres Tijerina discussing Emma Tenayuca's life and work.