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To Lic Alonso S. Perales, From Pedro Cortes Suarez, March 10, 1944

Item

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Dublin Core

Title

To Lic Alonso S. Perales, From Pedro Cortes Suarez, March 10, 1944

Subject

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

Description

Letter from Pedro Cortes Suarez to Alonso S. Perales naming the types of establishments in Big Spring, Texas where people of Mexican descent are not permitted, including coffee shops, theatres, and military air fields.

Creator

Cortes Suarez, Pedro

Source

Date

1944-03-10

Rights

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Relation

Format

JPG

Language

Spanish

Type

Text

Identifier

pera0494

Coverage

Big Spring (Tex.)

Citation

Cortes Suarez, Pedro, “To Lic Alonso S. Perales, From Pedro Cortes Suarez, March 10, 1944,” Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Digital Collections, accessed November 6, 2025, http://usldhrecovery.uh.edu/items/show/4908.