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To Major General James L. Collins, Commanding Officer, From [Alonso S. Perales], Director General, The League of Loyal Americans, December 24, 1940.

Letter to Major General James L. Collins from Alonso Perales, Director General of the League of Loyal Americans regarding the discrimination of U.S. soldiers of Mexican descent. The letter describes how two Mexican Americans, both in United States Army Uniforms are denied admittance to two barbershops located in San Antonio, Texas. Owners of both shops stated they can “deny service or admittance to whomever they please”. Alonso Perales also notes a barbershop in Harlandale Texas also denied service to a member of the Honduran Air Corps. Requests “remedial action from both national and international standpoints.”

Tags Cartas; Collins, James L.; Discriminación contra mexicoamericanos; Discriminación étnica; League of Loyal Americans; Liga de Ciudadanos Leales; Perales, Alonso S.; Personal Militar; Soldados-Mexicanoamericanos

To Mr. Alonso S. Perales, Director General, League of Loyal Americans, From James L. Collins, Major General, U. S. Army, Headquarters Second Division, February 8, 1941.

Letter from James L. Collins to Alonso S. Perales stating that Article 157 of the Texas Penal Code makes it an offense to discriminate again anyone wearing a uniform. The law does not apply to discrimination against American soldiers of Mexican descent necessarily.

Tags Cartas; Collins, James L.; Discriminación contra mexicoamericanos; Discriminación racial - establecimientos públicos; League of Loyal Americans; Ley; Liga de Ciudadanos Leales; Perales, Alonso S.; Personal Militar; Soldados-Mexicanoamericanos

To Sr. Licensiado Alonso Perales, From Agustin Delgado, Julia 5 de 1944

Letter from Agustín Delgado to Alonso S. Perales that lists establishments that discriminate against people of Mexican descent, including US military veterans in uniform, in Victoria, Texas.

Tags Cartas; Discriminación contra mexicoamericanos; Discriminación racial - establecimientos públicos; Discriminación racial - restaurantes; Mexicoamericanos; Militar; Perales, Alonso S.; Personal Militar

To Mr. Tom Clark, United States Department of Justice, From Alonso S. Perales, President, Committee of One Hundred, The League of Loyal Americans, Oct. 26, 1944.

Letter to United States Department of Justice with attention to Mr. Tom Clark from Alonso Perales, President for Committee of One Hundred and the League of Loyal Americans. Would like the Department of Justice to begin an investigation as to the motive of those owners of establishments who do discriminate. Alonso Perales requests that the War Department and the Department of Justice inform President Roosevelt of the situations taking place in Texas, Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico and to ask Congress to enact a law “forbidding the humiliation of persons of Mexican extraction anywhere in the United States.”

Tags Cartas; Clark, Tom; Committee of One Hundred; Discriminación contra mexicoamericanos; Discriminación racial; Estados Unidos - Póliza gubernamental; Estados Unidos, Departmento de Justico; Estados Unidos, Oficina del Instituto Nacional de la Estadística; Investigaciones Gubernamentales; Perales, Alonso S.; Personal Militar; Soldados-Mexicanoamericanos; The League of Loyal Americans

To Mr. Tom C. Clark, Assistant Attorney General, From Alonso S. Perales, Director General, Committee of One Hundred, The League of Loyal Americans, Nov. 6, 1944.

Letter from Alonso S. Perales to Tom Clark regarding a law against discriminating on the basis of race, ethnicity, or nation origin.

Tags Cartas; Clark, Tom; Democracia; Derechos civiles--Casos; Discriminación contra mexicoamericanos; Discriminación racial - establecimientos públicos; Estados Unidos. Corte Suprema; Perales, Alonso S.; Personal Militar; Soldados-Mexicanoamericanos

To Governor Coke Stevenson, Executive Department, From Lorenzo G. Lafarelle, Alphine, Texas, September 30, 1943.

Letter to Governor Coke Stevenson from Lorenzo G. Lafarelle, submitting a formal complaint of racial discrimination by Mr. C.W. Davis. manager for a movie theater establishment in Alpine Texas. Mr. Lafarelle is a Sergeant in the Texas State Guard and demands an apology from Mr. C.W. Davis and requests that the Governor provide information regarding the outcome of the complaint. Good Neighbor Commission is referenced.

Tags Cartas de queja; Discriminación racial - establecimientos públicos; Granada Theatres Ltd.; Lafarelle, Lorenzo; Latinoamericanos; Ley; Pedir Perdon; Perales, Alonso S.; Personal Militar; Stevenson, Coke R.; Texas State Guard; Texas. Good Neighbor Commission

To Mr. Coke Stevenson, Governor, From Ricardo Ogas, September 18, 1943.

Letter to Governor Coke Stevenson from Ricardo Ogas a U.S. Naval Reservist regarding an incident of racial discrimination that took place in a local pool hall in Alpine Texas. Frank Young, manager of the Pool Hall refused to allow Mr. Ogas to play because he was a “Mexican boy”. In the letter, Mr. Ogas is requesting an apology.

Tags Cartas; Discriminación racial en establecimientos públicos; Perales, Alonso S.; Personal Militar; Soldados-Mexicanoamericanos; Stevenson, Coke R.

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