To El Sol, Tiajuana, B. C., From Arturo Ortiz

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Dublin Core

Title

To El Sol, Tiajuana, B. C., From Arturo Ortiz

Subject

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

Description

Letter from Arturo Ortiz to the newspaper El Sol, regarding an incident of discrimination in which two veterans of Mexican descent were refused service at Restaurant Dinette. A violent altercation followed and a white woman dining at the restaurant was injured.

Creator

Ortiz, Arturo

Source

Date

1944-04-12

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

Spanish

Type

Text

Identifier

pera0481

Coverage

Uvalde (Tex.)