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List of restaurants where people of Mexican descent were denied service because of their race, including Curry Drug Store, Coney Island Sandwich Shop, Triple Gables, Woolsworth's Coffee Shop, Manning Cafe, and Wilsons Lunch. -
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. -
Letter from Allan Shivers to Alonso S. Perales October 8, 1954.
Letter from Allan Shivers to Alonso S. Perales thanking him for his recommendation of Fidencio M. Guerra as Judge for Hidalgo County. -
Letter from Lay Council for the Spanish Speaking, Archdiocese of San Antonio, February 28, 1947.
Letter written in response to the discrimination of Henrietta Castillo, Anita Gomez, and Lucy Elizondo. the Lay Council for the Spanish Speaking sent a letter to various organizations and newspapers, denouncing this event. Several community leaders and educators signed the letter. -
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. -
Revised Letter: 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. -
San Antonio Texas, Junio 29, 1948
Letter from Paz [G.] Martinez to Alonso S. Perales regarding the insults she received while working. -
To Mrs. W.W, Dees, State Director General, Pan American Round Tables, From Alonso S. Perales, March 17, 1939.
Letter to Mrs. W. W. Dees, State Director General of the Pan American Round Tables of Texas from Alonso S. Perales. Letter is congratulatory on the success of the State Convention. Letter mentions President Somoza of Nicaragua ‘s visit in May and that he will be received by President Roosevelt on May 5th. The letter also refers to the building of the Nicaraguan Canal. -
To [Alonso S. Perales] From Antonio B. Valdéz, October 15 de 1942
Letter from Antonio B. Valdéz to [Alonso S. Perales] listing the names of people who were discriminated against at Steak House restaurant because they were of Mexican descent. Additionally, Valdéz mentions the segregation that occurs in Robstown Hospital, run by by Dr. N.T Gibson. -
To [Alonso S. Perales] From Antonio G. Guerra, October 2, 1944
Letter from Antonio G. Guerrera to [Alonso S. Perales] asking for help in returning his son home after his son was forced to serve in the U.S. military abroad, despite being a Mexican citizen.