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To Sr. Lic. Alonso S. Perales, Strawn, Texas, From Faustino Capiedra and Rosario Castillo, February 17, 1944
Letter from Faustino Capiedra and Nasario Castillo to Alonso S. Perales describing the discrimination they experienced in a theater and barber shop. -
To Sr. Lic. D. Alonso Perales, Gen. Del., San Antonio, Texas, From David Casas, 120 Gray Ave., Houston, Texas, April 8, 1941
Letter from David Casas asking Alonso S. Perales for his assistance regarding his lawsuit against a real state company who denied him the right to buy a home on the basis that he was of Mexican descent and not Caucasian. -
To [Alonso S. Perales], San Antonio, Texas, From, Luis Cassilas, McCamey, Texas, April 25, 1944
Letter from Luis Cassilas to [Alonso S. Perales] asking him to send someone to investigate Club Cafe and the barbershop where he was discriminated against for being of Mexican descent, after being ignored by the sheriff. -
To Sr. Lic. Alonso S. Perales, From J. C. Castillo, San Antonio, Texas, April 18, 1938
Letter from J.C. Castillo to Alonso S. Perales describing an incident in which Judge Everett F. Johnson let a lawyer insult Mexicans and Mexico. -
To Sr. Alonso S. Perales, San Antonio, Texas, From Carmen Cedillo and Jacobo M. Aneira, Hutto, Texas, February 28, 1944
Letter from Carmen Cedillo and Jacobo M. Aneira to Alonso S. Perales describing a restaurant in Hutto, Texas where they were denied service because they were of Mexican descent. -
To Lic Alonso S. Perales, From Pedro Cortes Suarez, March 10, 1944
Letter from Pedro Cortes Suarez to Alonso S. Perales naming the types of establishments in Big Spring, Texas where people of Mexican descent are not permitted, including coffee shops, theatres, and military air fields. -
To Sr. Lic. Alonso S. Perales, From Pedro Enriquez, September 27, 1949
Letter from Pedro Enriquez to Alonso S. Perales regarding his veteran son and two veteran nephews who were arrested, beat, and told to confess to beating an Anglo American by the Fort Worth police. Additionally, Enriquez mentions a previous instance in which one of his children was also beat by the police and kicked out of a theatre in Slaton, Texas. -
To Lic. Alonzo S. Perales, From Jose Gallegos, October 10, 1944
Letter from Jose Gallegos to Alonso S. Perales regarding the discrimination he and others of Mexican descent faced at a local cafe, where they were asked if they were Indians or Mexicans and then told to leave. -
To Lic Alonzo S. Perales, From [ Juan and Emilio Flores Jr.], February 27, 1944
Letter from Juan Garces and Emilio Flores Jr. to Alonso S. Perales informing him that Manda's Cafe in Runge, Texas refuses service to people of Mexican descent. -
To Sr. Lic Alonso S. Perales, From Carlos Garcia, 10 October, 1945
Letter from Carlos Garcia to Alonso S. Perales regarding the discrimination and violence his brother, Sargent Macario Garcia, faced at an establishment where he was refused service and received an injury to his hand. The author writes that his brother's lawyer, John J. Herrera, will follow up with him with the details.