Browse Items (54 total)

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  Cover of Register Ledger for La Cruz Blanca

  Cover of the register ledger that Leonor Villegas de Magnón kept in order to document and organize payments and receipts from La Cruz Blanca.

  Tags activistas; activists; Cruz Blanca, La; Feminism; Feminismo; first-hand account; HISPANIC Americans; Hispanoamericanos; Historia de Tejas; Latinas; Latinas, Mexican Revolution; Leonor Villegas de Magnón; Mexican Revolution; Mexicoamericanos; Nurses; TEXAS
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  To Sr. Lic A. L. Perales, From Fernando Riojas Garcia, Junio 2, 1945

  Letter from Fernando Riojas García to Alonso S. Perales regarding the defeat of anti-discriminatory state bill proposed by Senator J. Franklin Spears and the need to focus on an alliance of Latinos.

  Tags Cartas; Discriminación; Discriminación contra Latinos; Discriminación contra mexicoamericanos; Discriminación étnica; Hispanoamericanos; L.U.L.A.C.; Latinoamericanos; Liga de Ciudadanos Latinoamericanos Unida; Perales, Alonso S.; Roxas Garcia, Fernando
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  To Sr. Lic. Alonso S. Perales, From Pedro Fernandez, Noviembre 30 de 1936

  Letter from Pedro Fernandez to Alonso S. Perales, asking him to please translate Social Security Form SS-5 from Spanish to English. The form, published in San Antonio's La Prensa on Nov. 26, 1936, stated that people of Mexican descent should be classified as white.

  Tags Cartas; Hispanoamericanos; Latinoamericanos; Perales, Alonso S.
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  To [Honorable Board of Trustees, San Antonio Independent School District], From [President, Council No, 16 of the League of United Latin-American Citizens, Chairman, Committee on Public Schools.]

  Reseach completed by the President of L.U.L.A.C council 16 and the Chairman for the Committee on Public School Buildings and Playgrounds. Information highlights "gross discrimination of students in the western part of the city" and the need for new school buildings in the area.

  Tags Cartas; Discriminación en la educación; Discriminación racial; Discriminación racial en la educación; Hispanoamericanos; L.U.L.A.C.; Mexicoamericanos; Mexicoamericanos -- Educación; Peticiones