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To Major General John H. Greely, Commanding Officer, From [Alonso S. Perales], July 18, 1941

Item

pera0456_page-0001.jpg

Dublin Core

Title

To Major General John H. Greely, Commanding Officer, From [Alonso S. Perales], July 18, 1941

Subject

Letters
Perales, Alonso S., 1898-1960
Discrimination against Mexican Americans
Race discrimination--public establishments
Mexican Americans--Segregation

Description

Letter from [Alonso S. Perales] to Major General John H. Greely regarding the discrimination several young girls of Mexican descent faced when they tried to register to attend a dance performance advertised as open to all, but were refused because they were not white.

Creator

Perales, Alonso S.

Source

Date

1941-07-18

Rights

Content compilation of The Latino/Hispanic American Experience Leaders, Writers and Thinkers copyright 2012 by Arte Publico Historical Collections. All rights reserved.

Relation

Format

JPG

Language

English

Type

Text

Identifier

pera0456

Coverage

San Antonio (Tex.)

Citation

Perales, Alonso S., “To Major General John H. Greely, Commanding Officer, From [Alonso S. Perales], July 18, 1941,” Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Digital Collections, accessed April 29, 2024, http://usldhrecovery.uh.edu/items/show/4872.