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Kate Rogers, the former president of the Alamo Trust which manages San Antonio’s historic site, sued Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham and the trust’s board, weeks after she resigned under pressure from conservative officials.
Rogers filed the suit in federal court to reclaim her old job and seek damages, alleging Patrick, Buckingham and the Alamo board violated her First Amendment rights by pushing for her removal over her dissertation highlighting Indigenous history at the Alamo. She says they also revoked her severance after she spoke to Texas Monthly about the conservative backlash to her Indigenous People’s Day post.
Kate Rogers, the former president of the Alamo Trust which manages San Antonio’s historic site, sued Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham and the trust’s board, weeks after she resigned under pressure from conservative officials.
Rogers filed the suit in federal court to reclaim her old job and seek damages, alleging Patrick, Buckingham and the Alamo board violated her First Amendment rights by pushing for her removal over her dissertation highlighting Indigenous history at the Alamo. She says they also revoked her severance after she spoke to Texas Monthly about the conservative backlash to her Indigenous People’s Day post.
