Affidavit sworn by María Saucedo Flores to Alonso S. Perales
Item
Dublin Core
Title
Affidavit sworn by María Saucedo Flores to Alonso S. Perales
Subject
AFFIDAVITS
DISCRIMINATION against Latin Americans
DISCRIMINATION in education
RACE discrimination - public establishments
ETHNIC discrimination
Description
Maria Saucedo Flores attempts to register her 7-year old child, Maria Marta, at Lakewood Baptist School, but is told by the superintendent that they are not taking Latin American children.
Creator
Saucedo Flores, Maria
Source
Perales, Alonso S. Are We Good Neighbors? 1948. EBSCO Arte Público Hispanic Historical Collection: Series 2
Date
1946-09-04
Contributor
Perales, Alonso S.
Rights
Content compilation of The Latino/Hispanic American Experience Leaders, Writers and Thinkers copyright 2012 by Arte Publico Historical Collections. All rights reserved.
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
pera0087
Coverage
SAN Antonio (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 Maria Saucedo Flores, to me well known, and who, after being by me duly sworn, did depose and say:
My name is Maria Saucedo Flores. I am married. My husband's name is Rafael Saucedo Flores. We reside at 4202 W/ Martin St., in San Antonio, Texas.
On September 3rd, 1946, about 10:00 A.M., I took our 7-year old daughter, Maria Marta, to the Lakewood Baptist School, situated on the corner of 21st and W. Martin Streets, for the purpose of registering her as a student at said School. The Superintendent, an Anglo-American, said to me: "I am sorry, but I cannot take your little girl because I am not taking Latin American children. I will have to ask permission from the local Board". I asked him if the reason he could not accept my little girl was just because she was a Latin American and replied: "Yes, she is a Latin American and we are not taking Latin American children".
Further affiant sayeth not.
[signed] Maria Saucedo Flores
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 4th day of September, 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 Maria Saucedo Flores, to me well known, and who, after being by me duly sworn, did depose and say:
My name is Maria Saucedo Flores. I am married. My husband's name is Rafael Saucedo Flores. We reside at 4202 W/ Martin St., in San Antonio, Texas.
On September 3rd, 1946, about 10:00 A.M., I took our 7-year old daughter, Maria Marta, to the Lakewood Baptist School, situated on the corner of 21st and W. Martin Streets, for the purpose of registering her as a student at said School. The Superintendent, an Anglo-American, said to me: "I am sorry, but I cannot take your little girl because I am not taking Latin American children. I will have to ask permission from the local Board". I asked him if the reason he could not accept my little girl was just because she was a Latin American and replied: "Yes, she is a Latin American and we are not taking Latin American children".
Further affiant sayeth not.
[signed] Maria Saucedo Flores
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 4th day of September, A.D. 1946.
[signed] Alonso S. Perales
Notary Public, Bexar County, Texas
Text Item Type Metadata
Original Format
paper
Collection
Citation
Saucedo Flores, Maria , “Affidavit sworn by María Saucedo Flores to Alonso S. Perales,” Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Digital Collections, accessed April 29, 2024, http://usldhrecovery.uh.edu/items/show/17.