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To Sr. David M. Ortiz, From [PERALES, Alonso S.] Noviembre 27 de 1946.
Letter from [PERALES, Alonso. S.] to David M. Ortiz related to acts of discrimination taking place in Uvalde, Texas. -
To Señor Alonso S. Perales From Eduardo Cazares, 15 Julio - 41
Letter to Alonso S. Perales from Eduardo Cazares, which recounts the discrimination faced by Cleto Champion, two others, and himself at the Broadway Service Station in McAllen, Texas. They were not allowed to drink water at the gas station because of their ethnicity. -
To Robert K. Carr, President's Committee on Fair Employment Practice, From [Carlos E. Castañeda], Professor of History, May 9, 1947.
Letter to Robert K. Carr regarding the employment discrimination suffered by Mexican Americans. -
To Rev. James R. Cassidy, O.M.I, Chaplain, Catholic War Veterans, From Alonso S. Perales, March 7, 1947
Letter to Reverend James R. Cassidy O.M.I Chaplain, Catholic War Veterans from Alonso S. Perales discussing the discrimination which had been taking place in the Rio Grande Valley. He encloses some opinions to help I Reverend Cassidy in convincing those who do not recognize Mexicans (us) as whites. Mr. Perales writes that he will published a book in English containing approximately 100 affidavits of concrete cases of discrimination. -
To President, From Alonso S. Perales, April 30, 1927.
A letter to the President from Alonso Perales regarding the slaying in Willacy County, Texas of Tomás Huñez, Mexican citizen, Ben[illegible] and José Nuñez, American citizens, Inocencio González, American citizen and Mat Zoler, Austrian citizen. The murders took place while in "custody of Willacy County officers" with no one being punished for the crime. Alonso Perales is requesting government assistance. -
To Mrs. W.W. Dees, State Director General, Pan American Round Tables, From Alonso S. Perales, Jan. 31, 1939
Letter to Mrs. W.W. Dees, State Director General of the Pan American Round Tables from Alonso S. Perales. In the letter Alonso S. Perales thanks Mrs. W.W. Dees for the invitation to address the Pan American Convention on March 10th. The subject for his presentation is “The Good Neighbor Policy and Recent Development in the Western Hemisphere”. -
To Mr. Tom Clark, United States Department of Justice, From Alonso S. Perales, President, Committee of One Hundred, The League of Loyal Americans, Oct. 26, 1944.
Letter to United States Department of Justice with attention to Mr. Tom Clark from Alonso Perales, President for Committee of One Hundred and the League of Loyal Americans. Would like the Department of Justice to begin an investigation as to the motive of those owners of establishments who do discriminate. Alonso Perales requests that the War Department and the Department of Justice inform President Roosevelt of the situations taking place in Texas, Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico and to ask Congress to enact a law “forbidding the humiliation of persons of Mexican extraction anywhere in the United States.”Tags Cartas; Clark, Tom; Committee of One Hundred; Discriminación contra mexicoamericanos; Discriminación racial; Estados Unidos - Póliza gubernamental; Estados Unidos, Departmento de Justico; Estados Unidos, Oficina del Instituto Nacional de la Estadística; Investigaciones Gubernamentales; Perales, Alonso S.; Personal Militar; Soldados-Mexicanoamericanos; The League of Loyal Americans -
To Mr. Tom Clark, Assistant Attorney General, United States Department of Justice, From Alonso S. Perales, President, Committee of One Hundred, The League of Loyal Americans, October 31, 1944.
Letter to Tom Clark, Assistant Attorney General, United States Department of Justice, from Alonso S. Perales , President of the League of Loyal Americans. The letter articulates that based on the list, compiled by Alosno Perales, the Department of Justice should investigate those towns and cities in the State of Texas who practice discrimination. Mr. Perales also writes that the War Department should investigate the discimination happening to American soldiers of Mexican descent. -
To Mr. Tom C. Clark, Assistant Attorney General, From Alonso S. Perales, Director General, Committee of One Hundred, The League of Loyal Americans, Nov. 6, 1944.
Letter from Alonso S. Perales to Tom Clark regarding a law against discriminating on the basis of race, ethnicity, or nation origin. -
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".