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To Alonso S. Perales, From Pedro Tristan, Ganado, Texas, September 29, 1943
Letter from Pedro Tristan to Alonso S. Perales stating that he has attached a list of places where people of Mexican descent are segregated in Ganado, Texas. Attachment is missing. -
To Alonso S. Perales, San Antonio, Texas, From CPL F.S. Trevino, Midland, Texas, September 10, 1943
Letter from CPL F.S. Trevino to Alonso S. Perales decribing the places in Midland, Texas where people of Latin American descent are either segregated or refused service including Ritz Cafe, Ritz theatre, The Yucca Theatre, and The Rex Theatre. Additionally, Trevino describes the discrimination people of Latin American descent face by the police as well as the subpar state of the education. -
To Lic. Alonso S. Perales, From Carlos Treviño, Lolita, Texas, February 16, 1944
Letter from Carlos Treviño to Alonso S. Perales informing him of the discrimination and segregation that people of Mexican descent face in restaurants, cafes, bars, and schools in various cities and counties in Texas including Lolita, Edna, Horton, Richmond, Matagorda, Brazoria, Angleton, and Ganado. -
To Lic. Alonso S. Perales, From Julio Silvas, February 16, 1944
Letter from Julio Silvas, listing businesses that discriminate against people of Mexican descent, including Quick Lunch, Pales Lunch Room, Waffer Cafe, AF Lunch, and Clover Grill. -
To the Honorable John G. Sargent, From Alonso S. Perales, Washington, D.C., January 25, 1927
Letter from Alonso S. Perales to John G. Sargent, Attorney General of the United States, asking him to investigate an incident in which four Mexican Americans and an Austrian were killed after being suspected of the murder of two sheriffs. Perales notes that although the police allege they were attacked by unknown parties, the community suspects that the police officers were involved or perpetrated the crime. -
To the Editor of The Valley Morning Star, Harlingen, Texas, From Mrs. Santos V. Lozano, Raymondville, Texas, 1947
Letter to the editor of the newspaper, The Valley Morning Star, reporting the implications of the recent school board election results in which no people of Latin American descent were elected. The author, Mrs. Santos V. Lozano, notes how this lack of representation had led to discrimination against children of Latin American descent. -
To Hon. J. O. Loftin, Kingsville, Texas, From Alonso S. Perales, San Antonio, Texas, May 31, 1938
Letter from Alonso S. Perales to J. O. Loftin, President of Texas College of Arts and Industries asking him to confirm or deny if students of Mexican descent were being segregated from their Anglo classmates in the college dormitories, as per the report he had received. -
To Hon. J. O. Loftin, Kingsville, Texas, From Alonso S. Perales, San Antonio, Texas, August 12, 1938
A followup letter from Alonso S. Perales to J. O. Loftin, President of Texas College of Arts and Industries regarding a report that Latin-American women were denied admission into a dorm due to their race. -
To Sr. Alonso S. Perales, San Antonio, Texas, From Serbando C. Laurel, Beeville, Texas, December 26, 1944
Letter from Serbando C. Laurel to Alonso S. Perales regarding an instance of discrimination in which a veteran of Mexican descent was refused service at a restaurant named Skidmore Drive Inn. -
Handwritten: To Sr. Lic. Alonso S. Perales, San Antonio, Texas, From Jose Caballero, Grafton, North Dakota, June 9, 1947
Letter from Jose Caballero asking Perales to publish a letter in the local Grafton, North Dakota newspaper describing the discrimination in that city. Caballero also asks Perales to speak with a company recruiter to request that he stop sending men to Grafton due to this discrimination.