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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. -
El Lic. Perales solicita informes de importancia
Advertisement by Lic. Alonso S. Perales requesting information about establishments and schools that discriminate against people of Mexican descent, including names of businesses, addresses, and owners' names. -
San Antonio Texas, Junio 29, 1948
Letter from Paz [G.] Martinez to Alonso S. Perales regarding the insults she received while working. -
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. -
To [Alonso S. Perales], From [Manuel] Ramírez Pérez, February 13, 1944.
Attachment belonging to a letter from Manuel Ramírez Pérez to [Alonso S. Perales] listing the various counties and cities in Texas in which public establishments discriminate against people of Mexican descent. Additionally, Pérez names Dodson Cafe and Steak House Cafe as two of the restaurants in Sinton, Texas that refuse service to individuals of Mexican descent. -
To [Cerveceria Cuauhtémoc], From Joe Hopkins, June 10th, 1946
Copy of a letter from Joe Hopkins to Cerveceria Cuauhtémoc, informing the Mexican brewing company that a restaurant in Texas they sell beer to discriminates against people of Mexican descent. -
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 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 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.