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To Mr. Tom C. Clark, Assistant Attorney General, From Alonso S. Perales, Director General, Committee of One Hundred, The League of Loyal Americans, Dec. 14, 1944.

Letter from Alonso S. Perales to Assistant Attorney General Tom C. Clark regarding the discrimination against Mexican and Latin Americans in the Southwest. The letter requests an answer to three questions from a previous letter and whose response would be of interest to the three million Mexican inhabitants of the United States and the quarter of a million soldiers of Mexican descent in the military. Perales states that the F.B.I has a right to "investigate UN-AMERICAN activities".

Tags Cartas; Clark, Tom; Committee of One Hundred; Discriminación étnica; League of Loyal Americans; Perales, Alonso S.; Soldados-Mexicanoamericanos

Diplomatic Passport for Alonso S. Perales ca. 1928

Diplomatic Passport for Alonso S. Perales ca. 1928.

Tags Estados Unidos. Departamento de Estado; Mexicoamericanos; Pasaportes - Estados Unidos; Perales, Alonso S.; Perales, Marta

"Latin League Plans Meeting" Article from the Brownsville Herald, April 20, 1930.

Newspaper clipping announcing a meeting of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) in Alice, Texas. Congressman John N. Garner secured a US flag that flew over the capitol building in Washington, DC to donate the league.

Tags Conferencias y convenciones; Liga de Ciudadanos Latinoamericanos Unida; PERIÓDICOS - Secciones, columnas, etc.

Alonso S. Perales with Marta Pérez de Perales at private dinner during the United Nations Conference ca 1945.

Alonso S. Perales and his wife Marta Pérez de Perales at a private dinner party with friends and the Ambassador of Nicaragua ca. 1945.

Tags Comensales y comedor; Perales, Alonso S.; Perales, Marta

United States Flag donated to League of United Latin American Citizens ca. 1930.

United States Flag from Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. donated to League of United Latin American Citizens ca. at Alice, Texas ca. 1930.

Tags BANDERAS - Estados Unidos

The draft copy of the constitution for the United Latin American Citizens ca. 1929.

A draft copy of the constitution for the United Latin Americans Citizens organization, later to become the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC). ca. 1929

Tags Constitución; Liga de Ciudadanos Latinoamericanos Unida; Perales, Alonso S.

Alonso S. Perales with his brothers [ca. Unknown].

An image of Alonso S. Perales with his brothers ca. [Unknown]

Tags Familias; Hermanos; Perales, Alonso S.

Letter to Alonso S. Perales from Edwardo Idar April 7th, 1928.

Letter from Eduardo Idar to Alonso Perales request that Perales take some men with him to Nicaragua. He also discusses potentially establishing a new printing plant.

Tags Cartas; Idar, Eduardo; Perales, Alonso S.