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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 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 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 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 El Sol, Tiajuana, B. C., From Arturo Ortiz
Letter from Arturo Ortiz to the newspaper El Sol, regarding an incident of discrimination in which two veterans of Mexican descent were refused service at Restaurant Dinette. A violent altercation followed and a white woman dining at the restaurant was injured. -
To Frank Hines, From [Unknown], November 1, 1942
Letter from [Unknown] to Frank Hines regarding an instance of discrimination at Sommers Cafe in Anson, Texas where he and others were refused service because they were of Mexican descent. -
To Honorable Carl R. Gray, Jr., Administrator of the Veterans Administration, From Alonso S. Perales, March 26, 1951
Letter from Alonso S. Perales to Honorable Carl R. Gray requesting a federal investigation regarding two veterans who were discharged from the Rio Grande School for Veterans before they could claim their two-weeks paid vacation, and whose intended pay was given to their successors. -
To Lic Alonso S. Perales, From [Unknown], March 13, 1944
Letter from [Unknown] to Alonso S. Perales regarding the racial discrimination military wives like herself have faced when seeking employment. -
To Lic Alonso S. Perales, From Pedro Cortes Suarez, March 10, 1944
Letter from Pedro Cortes Suarez to Alonso S. Perales naming the types of establishments in Big Spring, Texas where people of Mexican descent are not permitted, including coffee shops, theatres, and military air fields.