To [Missing], Honorable Board of Education, Pleasanton Independent school District, From Alonso S. Perales, Oct. 10th, 1946.
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Dublin Core
Title
To [Missing], Honorable Board of Education, Pleasanton Independent school District, From Alonso S. Perales, Oct. 10th, 1946.
Subject
LETTERS
SEGREGATION in education.
LATIN Americans
PERALES, Alonso S., 1898-1960
SCHOOL board members
SCHOOL districts--Texas
Description
Letter from Alonso S. Perales to the Pleasanton Independent School District, Board of Education regarding segregation of Latin American children from the Anglo American children from grades up to sixth grade.
Creator
Perales, Alonso S.
Source
Date
1946-10-10
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Content compilation of The Latino/Hispanic American Experience Leaders, Writers and Thinkers copyright 2012 by Arte Publico Historical Collections. All rights reserved.
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JPEG
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English
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Text
Identifier
pera0060
Coverage
PLEASANTON (Tex.)
AUSTIN (Tex.)
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Transcription
Oct. 10th 1946.
Honorable Board of Education,
Pleasanton Independent School District,
Pleasanton, Texas.
Gentlemen:
Kindly let us have a reply t our letter of September 24, 1946, regarding the segregation of the Latin American children from the Anglo-American children up to and including the sixth grade in the public schools of your District. If we do not hear from you by Monday, October 14th, 1946, we shall assume that you are not willing to grant to the protesting patrons of your School District the relief which they seek, and we shall immediately take the matter up with the State Superintendent of Public Instruction of Austin, Texas.
Respectfully,
Alonso S. Perales
Honorable Board of Education,
Pleasanton Independent School District,
Pleasanton, Texas.
Gentlemen:
Kindly let us have a reply t our letter of September 24, 1946, regarding the segregation of the Latin American children from the Anglo-American children up to and including the sixth grade in the public schools of your District. If we do not hear from you by Monday, October 14th, 1946, we shall assume that you are not willing to grant to the protesting patrons of your School District the relief which they seek, and we shall immediately take the matter up with the State Superintendent of Public Instruction of Austin, Texas.
Respectfully,
Alonso S. Perales
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Perales, Alonso S., “To [Missing], Honorable Board of Education, Pleasanton Independent school District, From Alonso S. Perales, Oct. 10th, 1946.,” Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Digital Collections, accessed April 28, 2024, http://usldhrecovery.uh.edu/items/show/209.