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To [Unknown], Editor, From Mrs. Charles Keller
Letter from Mrs. Charles Keller to an editor, expressing her dislike towards Mexican-Americans and integration in neighbourhoods, seeking for restrictions or their removal. -
To Alonso S. Perales, From Srita. Graciela Rodriguez, February 21, 1944
Letter from Graciela Rodriguez to Alonso S. Perales informing him that public schools in Pearland, Texas segregate children of Mexican descent until the 7th grade. -
To Alonzo S Peralez, From Alfonso Rivera, February 13, 1944.
Letter from Alfonso Rivera to Alonso S. Perales regarding restaurants in various Texas cities that refused him service because he was of Mexican descent. -
To Alonso S. Perales, From R. Riojas, C. Comerciante, February 16, 1944
Letter from R. Riojas to Alonso S. Perales regarding the segregation children of Mexican descent face in public schools and the instances in which Mexican Americans were denied access to the community center and library because of their race. -
To Alonso S. Perales, From Jose M. Reyes, Francisco Cardoza, Ygnacio Vardosa, Bacilio Arenas, Jesus Arelado, Andres Ermosillo, Benito Velasquez, Acension Rodriguez, March 22, 1944
Letter from parents in Mitchell County, Texas to Alonso S. Perales regarding the racial discrimination and physical violence their children face in school and requesting his assistance. -
To Alonso S. Perales, From Jose C. Ramon, March 7, 1944
Letter from Jose C. Ramon to Alonso S. Perales informing him about the segregation Mexican-Americans face in the Waco City jail. -
To Alonso S Perales, From Ramiro Ramirez, April 9, 1945
Letter from Ramiro Ramirez to Alonso S. Perales regarding the lower wages workers of Mexican descent receive at the Humble Oil and Refining Company (Exxon) in contrast to their Anglo-American co-workers. -
To Perales, From Manuel Ramírez Perez, February 13, 1944
Letter from Manuel Ramírez Pérez to Alonso S. Perales summarizing the instances in which he has been denied service for being Mexican. -
To Alonso S. Perales, From [Unknown] February 26, 1944
Letter from [Unknown] to [Alonso S. Perales] regarding the racial discrimination the author has faced in public establishments and the anti-Mexican rhetoric that his children are being taught in schools. -
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.