Affidavit sworn by Horacio Guerra to Alonso S. Perales
Item
Dublin Core
Title
Affidavit sworn by Horacio Guerra to Alonso S. Perales
Subject
AFFIDAVITS
DISCRIMINATION against Mexican Americans
MILITARY
RACE discrimination - public establishments
RACE discrimination - restaurants
VETERAN
ETHNIC discrimination
Description
Affidavit sworn by Horacio Guerra that states that he was denied service at the Dinette Restaurant in Hondo, Texas because he was of Mexican descent.
Creator
Guerra, Horacio
Source
Perales, Alonso S. Are We Good Neighbors? 1948. EBSCO Arte Público Hispanic Historical Collection: Series 2
Date
1946-05-03
Contributor
Perales, Alonso S.
Relation
Gauthereau, Lorena. "Are We Good Neighbors?: Mapping Discrimination Against Mexican Americans in 1940s Texas." https://arcg.is/1C1bbv.
Format
JPEG
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
pera0091
Coverage
UVALDE (Tex.)
SAN Antonio (Tex.)
EL PASO (Tex.)
Scripto
Transcription
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF BEXAR
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority in and for said County, State of Texas, this day personally came and appeared Horacio Guerra, to me well known, and who, after being by me well known, did depose and say:
My name is Horacio Guerra. I am 26 years of age and reside at 609 S. San Jacinto St., in San Antonio Texas. I am an American citizen and a veteran of World War No. 2. I served in the United States Army overseas for a period of eighteen months. I was born in Monterrey, N.L., Mexico.
I am now engaged in the produce business on my own account. On May 1st 1946 I was coming from El Paso, Texas, and I stopped at the Dinette Restaurant in Uvalde, Texas, and sat at the counter. A waitress came to me and said: "she does not serve Mexicans", meaning the proprietor who is a woman. Whereupon I walked out and went and spoke with the Count Judge of Uvalde County, who told me he could not do a thing about it.
Further affiant sayeth not.
[signed] Horacio Guerra
Sworn and subscribed before me, this the 3rd day of May, A.D. 1946.
[signed] Alonso S. Perales
Notary Public, Bexar County, Texas.
COUNTY OF BEXAR
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority in and for said County, State of Texas, this day personally came and appeared Horacio Guerra, to me well known, and who, after being by me well known, did depose and say:
My name is Horacio Guerra. I am 26 years of age and reside at 609 S. San Jacinto St., in San Antonio Texas. I am an American citizen and a veteran of World War No. 2. I served in the United States Army overseas for a period of eighteen months. I was born in Monterrey, N.L., Mexico.
I am now engaged in the produce business on my own account. On May 1st 1946 I was coming from El Paso, Texas, and I stopped at the Dinette Restaurant in Uvalde, Texas, and sat at the counter. A waitress came to me and said: "she does not serve Mexicans", meaning the proprietor who is a woman. Whereupon I walked out and went and spoke with the Count Judge of Uvalde County, who told me he could not do a thing about it.
Further affiant sayeth not.
[signed] Horacio Guerra
Sworn and subscribed before me, this the 3rd day of May, A.D. 1946.
[signed] Alonso S. Perales
Notary Public, Bexar County, Texas.
Text Item Type Metadata
Original Format
paper
Collection
Citation
Guerra, Horacio , “Affidavit sworn by Horacio Guerra to Alonso S. Perales,” Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Digital Collections, accessed April 27, 2024, http://usldhrecovery.uh.edu/items/show/13.