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Los niños españoles
Petición de ayuda y donaciones (leche en polvo) para los niños españoles destacando sus padecimientos durante el conflicto. -
Carta abierta a los tres millones de españoles e iberoamericanos que viven en los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica
Carta abierta-manifiesto del "Comité Pro-diario popular hispano", anunciando la formación de la empresa editorial The Spanish Newspaper Corporation que empezaría muy pronto a publicar La voz. Se enfatiza que ese diario va a defender los intereses morales y materiales de la colonia de habla hispana en Estados Unidos. -
To Mr. Alonso S. Perales, Director General, League of Loyal Americans, From James L. Collins, Major General, U. S. Army, Headquarters Second Division, February 8, 1941.
Letter from James L. Collins to Alonso S. Perales stating that Article 157 of the Texas Penal Code makes it an offense to discriminate again anyone wearing a uniform. The law does not apply to discrimination against American soldiers of Mexican descent necessarily. -
College of Mortuary Science Diploma as Professional Embalmer
Diploma from College of Mortuary Science awarded to Felix Morales. -
To Mr. Alonso S. Perales, President, Committee of One Hundred, From Tom C. Clark, Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, October 31, 1944.
Letter to Alonso S. Perales from Tom Clark, Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice. Mr. Clark acknowledges the receipt of letter dated October 26, 1944, which included a list of places where Mexicans are discriminated. Tom Clark cites Civil Rights Cases 109 U.S. 3 declaring that the Federal Government has not power to legislate concerning discrimination based on race or national origin by private individuals and private businesses. -
Si Se Puede, It Can Be Done. Boycott Lettuce and Grapes. Poster, 1978. Copyright Chicago Women's Graphics Collective
Poster printed with yellow, brown, green, and orange ink on white paper. A graphic of an agricultural lettuce field fills the upper two-thirds of the page. The top half of a yellow sun with jagged rays is visible just over the field at upper right in an orange sky. The sun is printed with a United Farm Workers eagle symbol and the text, "Sí Se Puede ~ It Can Be Done" in an arch along the top. Several figures in salmon-colored outfits work among the rows of lettuce throughout the center of the page. A group portrait of men, women, and children in green, white, and salmon-colored outfits fills the bottom third of the page above the text "Boycott Lettuce and Grapes" -
Festival de Mujeres 1979 Poster "In celebration of what we as women have done, are doing and can do!"
Festival de Mujeres Poster. Graphic artist: Mercedes Corona. Based on photographs by Diana Solís. Poster sponsored by Mujeres Latinas en Acción. -
Pilsen residents march outside City Hall
Members of Pilsen community march outside City Hall, protesting lack of Latino firefighters, 21 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois. From Black-and-white negative. -
La guerra de China y sus mujeres
Artículo que describe la intensa participación de las mujeres Chinas en la guerra contra Japón y se centra en su heroísmo y empeño. -
Los campesinos japoneses y la guerra
Artículo que narra las dificultades y penurias que experimentan los campesinos japoneses y sus familias como consecuencia del "negocio de la guerra" que solo es rentable para "las castas militares y los negociantes fascistas".