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Affidavit sworn by Beatriz Balboa de Espino and Zenobia Silva de Aguirre to Alonso S. Perales
Affidavit sworn by Beatriz Balboa de Espino and Zenobia Silva de Aguirre stating that they visited the Office of R.L. White Co. where they were told they could not rent a house because they were not white. -
Affidavit sworn by Dionicio Mendez Ortiz to Alonso S. Perales
Affidavit sworn by Dionicio Mendez Ortiz stating that he was turned away at a barber shop and a restaurant, then slapped by the sheriff. -
Affidavit sworn by Pedro Muñoz to Alonso S. Perales
Affidavit sworn by Pedro Muñoz stating that he, along with Enrique de la Rosa and Jose Vidal, could not play pool at the Three Star Tavern. -
Alonso S. Perales, standing in U. S. Army uniform.
Full length snapshot photograph of Alonso. S. Perales, in U. S. Army uniform, standing at a stone gateway. -
Some Places Where Mexicans are Discriminated Against in Texas Either by Denying them Service or by Segregating them from Anglo-Americans
A list compiled by Alonso S. Perales from affidavits of places where people of Mexican descent were denied service or segregated in Texas.Tags Bars (establecimiento de bebidas) -- Texas; Bluntzer; Cartas de queja; Discriminación contra mexicoamericanos; Discriminación en la educación; Discriminación en vivienda; Discriminación étnica; Discriminación racial - establecimientos públicos; Discriminación racial - restaurantes; Discrimination; Educación--Niños; Estados Unidos--Estados suroeste; Ética de los empleos públicos - Estados Unidos; Hispanoamericanos -- Educación; Letreros; Mexicoamericanos -- Educación; Natalia; NewGulf; Nixon; Personal Militar; Rock Spring; Segregación en la educación; Soldados-Mexicanoamericanos; Sterling City; Veterano -
To Commanding General, From Lorenzo M. Cabrera, Army Service Forces, The Provost Marshal General's School, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 1945
Letter from Lorenzo Infabrera to the commanding general of his army post complaining about the discrimination in the food hall, where Hispanics and white soldiers were segregated. -
To Hon. Alonso Perales, From Eloisa Galan, March 11, 1944.
Letter to Alonso. S. Perales, from Mrs. Eloisa Galan that iterates the Del Rio Ration Board (Civil Service Department) need Spanish speaking clerks to assist those who do not speak English from nearby Spanish speaking communities. She states that there are people in the department who are "prejudice and narrow minded”. She requests Alonso S. Perales to contact Mr. Ben Foster, former United States Attorney at San Antonio to in turn contact C. Fenner Roth, District Administrative Officer of the OPA to provide Spanish speaking clerks. Mrs. Galan also references that Mexican American soldiers, fighting for the United States who are also being discriminated against, and how the Ration Board food clerks are treating the families of these soldiers “shabbily”. She believes that help from Badomer Puig, Commanding Office of the 458th and Mrs. Dignam of the Ration Board can help by employing wives of the Mexican American soldiers in the Telephone Office and the Ration Board. -
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.” -
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. -
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.