To Sr. Lic. Alonso S. Perales, From Pedro Enriquez, September 27, 1949
Item
Dublin Core
Title
To Sr. Lic. Alonso S. Perales, From Pedro Enriquez, September 27, 1949
Subject
Letters
Perales, Alonso S., 1898-1960
Discrimination against Mexican Americans
Race discrimination--public establishments
Police brutality
Description
Letter from Pedro Enriquez to Alonso S. Perales regarding his veteran son and two veteran nephews who were arrested, beat, and told to confess to beating an Anglo American by the Fort Worth police. Additionally, Enriquez mentions a previous instance in which one of his children was also beat by the police and kicked out of a theatre in Slaton, Texas.
Creator
Enriquez, Pedro
Source
Date
1949-09-27
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
pera0495
Coverage
Fort Worth (Tex.)
Slaton (Tex.)
Citation
Enriquez, Pedro, “To Sr. Lic. Alonso S. Perales, From Pedro Enriquez, September 27, 1949,” Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Digital Collections, accessed November 21, 2024, http://usldhrecovery.uh.edu/items/show/4909.