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To. Sr. Lic. Alonso S. Perales, From Silvestre M. Zepeda, Feb. 19th, 1944.
Letter from Silvestre M. Zepeda to Alonso S. Perales regarding discrimination of Mexican American military personnel that took place in San Antonio, Texas. -
To Mr. Alonso S. Perales, Davis, Wright & Perales Attorneys At Law, From L. A. Woods, State Superintendent, State Department of Education, October 19, 1946.
Letter to Alonso Perales from L.A. Woods which mentions the letter written to W. J. Everitt, Superintendent of Schools in Pleasanton, Texas dated October 18th. L.A. Woods believes that the school district is interested in “doing the right thing” and will “take care of the situation”. -
Diplomatic Passport for Alonso S. Perales ca. 1928
Diplomatic Passport for Alonso S. Perales ca. 1928. -
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. -
San Francisco Public Library Card for Alonso S. Perales ca. 1945.
Library card, given to Alonso S. Perales by the San Francisco Public Library to be used during the United Nations Convention ca. 1945. -
To Mr. Alonso S. Perales, From Maria Antonia Chavez Saldana, March 6, 1940
Letter to Alonso S. Perales from Maria Antonia Chavez Saldana thanking him for a copy of his book “En Defensa de mi Raza “[In Defense of my People]. In her letter she discusses the racism that Mexican Americans face and how the younger generation are becoming bitter, because Mexican boys are not given a “square deal”. She also mentions her family’s long lineage of settling in San Antonio, starting from 1715. She also talks highly about her son’s and their endeavors. -
To Sr. Lic. Alonso S. Perales, From Florencia Sainz de Acosta, Octubre 7, de 1940.
Letter to Alonso S. Perales from Florencia Sainz de Acosta railing against the injustice of segregation practices taking place within schools and the military. -
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. -
To Alonzo [Alonso] S. Perales, From Carlos Reyes B., Abril 28 de 1943.
Letter from Carlos Reyes B. to Alonso S. Perales regarding the need for an anti-discrimination law to protect people of Mexican descent. -
To Hon. Alonzo S. Perales, From George Reid, Sociedad Mutualista Mexicana, Feb. 16, 1941.
Letter to Alonso Perales from George Reid, an American Baptist preacher from Fort Worth Texas. He begins the letter regarding the situations taking place at the mining camp in Malakoff Texas. Doctors were charging high prices and ordering unnecessary procedures to take care of the Mexicans who were sick. These Mexican individuals and families were forced to pay or “risk death of their sick”. He would like to begin the process of organizing a “chain of hospitals and clinics all over Texas in the way of cooperative medicine”. The Baptist Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas is available with all equipment for $50,000. Mr. Reid mentions ways to raise money by way of donations. Mr. Reid writes that “the movement out to start from the initiative of the Mexicans themselves”, and that “it should be run by Mexicans for Mexicans”.