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November 20, 2025, marked the 115th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920). In 1910, Francisco I. Madero, candidate for president of Mexico, wrote the Plan de San Luis Potosi, a political document that called for the Mexican people to rise up in arms on November 20, 1910, against the then Mexican President Porfirio Diaz. Diaz’s presidency had long been viewed as a dictatorship by many, and the only way Mexico could move forward, Madero argued, was for Diaz to be overthrown. Years of internal struggle and violence in Mexico followed. To learn more about the Mexican Revolution, check out 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, that stands now in the Main Library. Additional Mexican Revolution displays featuring archival materials from the library’s Border Heritage Center are also available to view. All exhibits will be up throughout the end of the year.