Affidavit sworn by Joseph Robles Ramón and Alfonso Galindo Ramón to Alonso S. Perales
Item
Dublin Core
Title
Affidavit sworn by Joseph Robles Ramón and Alfonso Galindo Ramón to Alonso S. Perales
Subject
AFFIDAVITS
BARS (Drinking Establishments) --Texas
DISCRIMINATION
RACE discrimination - public establishments
DISCRIMINATION
MILITARY
MILITARY Personnel
VETERAN
Description
Affidavit sworn by Joseph Robles Ramón and Alfonso Galindo Ramón to Alonso S. Perales that states that they were refused service at the Helotes Dance Hall and Tavern.
Creator
Ramón, Joseph Robles
Ramón, Alfonso Galindo
Source
Perales, Alonso S. Are We Good Neighbors? 1948. EBSCO Arte Público Hispanic Historical Collection: Series 2
Date
1946-11-08
Contributor
Perales, Alonso S.
Rights
Content compilation of The Latino/Hispanic American Experience Leaders, Writers and Thinkers copyright 2012 by Arte Publico Historical Collections. All rights reserved.
Relation
Gauthereau, Lorena. "Are We Good Neighbors?: Mapping Discrimination Against Mexican Americans in 1940s Texas." https://arcg.is/1C1bbv.
Format
JPEG
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
pera0096
Coverage
SAN Antonio (Tex.)
Scripto
Transcription
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF BEXAR
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority in and for said County, State of Texas, this day personally came and appeared Joseph Robles Ramon and Alfonso Galindo Robles, to me well known, and who, after being by me duly sworn, did depose and say:
Our names are Joseph Robles Ramon and Alfonso Galindo Robles. We live in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. We are twenty four years and twenty one years of age respectively.
On Saturday, October 5th, about 8:30 P.M., we stopped at the Helotes Dance Hall and Tavern. I, Joseph Robles Ramon, went into the tavern and Alfonso Galindo Robles remained in our truck outside. I told the bartender to sell me a sandwich and a bottle of beer to take to my mother who lives on a ranch about found miles from said tavern. We were on our way to said ranch. He said that he had orders not to serve Mexicans. I talked with him in a nice manner and tried to make him see that it was wrong to deny us service just because we are of Mexican descent. I, Joseph Robles Ramon, told him that I had served in the United States Marine Corps, had fought overseas and had been badly wounded, and that I had done all of this for the sake of democracy and freedom. I added that I am totally disabled as a result of the wounds inflicted upon me in the fields of battle. He said that did not make any difference, that I still was a mexican [sic] and he could not serve me.
I was so angry because of his refusal to serve me merely on account of my being of Mexican descent that I went outside, got into my truck and ran the truck against the building. I then got off the truck and went into the tavern. The man who had refused to sell me a sandwich jumped upon me as soon as I went into the tavern and we fought each other. Someone there, the bartender I believe, struck me with a blunt instrument in the head and cut my head. He also struck me in the nose. My cousin, Alfonso Galindo Robles, came in and assisted me.
Neither of us had a drink of any kind. We were coming from work and were on our way to the ranch to see our mother and aunt.
Further affiants sayeth not.
[signed] Joseph Robles Ramón
[signed] Alfonso Galindo Robles.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 8th day of October, A.D. 1946.
[signed] Alonso S. Perales
COUNTY OF BEXAR
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority in and for said County, State of Texas, this day personally came and appeared Joseph Robles Ramon and Alfonso Galindo Robles, to me well known, and who, after being by me duly sworn, did depose and say:
Our names are Joseph Robles Ramon and Alfonso Galindo Robles. We live in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. We are twenty four years and twenty one years of age respectively.
On Saturday, October 5th, about 8:30 P.M., we stopped at the Helotes Dance Hall and Tavern. I, Joseph Robles Ramon, went into the tavern and Alfonso Galindo Robles remained in our truck outside. I told the bartender to sell me a sandwich and a bottle of beer to take to my mother who lives on a ranch about found miles from said tavern. We were on our way to said ranch. He said that he had orders not to serve Mexicans. I talked with him in a nice manner and tried to make him see that it was wrong to deny us service just because we are of Mexican descent. I, Joseph Robles Ramon, told him that I had served in the United States Marine Corps, had fought overseas and had been badly wounded, and that I had done all of this for the sake of democracy and freedom. I added that I am totally disabled as a result of the wounds inflicted upon me in the fields of battle. He said that did not make any difference, that I still was a mexican [sic] and he could not serve me.
I was so angry because of his refusal to serve me merely on account of my being of Mexican descent that I went outside, got into my truck and ran the truck against the building. I then got off the truck and went into the tavern. The man who had refused to sell me a sandwich jumped upon me as soon as I went into the tavern and we fought each other. Someone there, the bartender I believe, struck me with a blunt instrument in the head and cut my head. He also struck me in the nose. My cousin, Alfonso Galindo Robles, came in and assisted me.
Neither of us had a drink of any kind. We were coming from work and were on our way to the ranch to see our mother and aunt.
Further affiants sayeth not.
[signed] Joseph Robles Ramón
[signed] Alfonso Galindo Robles.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 8th day of October, A.D. 1946.
[signed] Alonso S. Perales
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Original Format
paper
Collection
Citation
Ramón, Joseph Robles
and Ramón, Alfonso Galindo , “Affidavit sworn by Joseph Robles Ramón and Alfonso Galindo Ramón to Alonso S. Perales,” Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Digital Collections, accessed April 27, 2024, http://usldhrecovery.uh.edu/items/show/7.