| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 319 pages) |
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Hispanic civil rights series |
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Hispanic civil rights series.
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| Contents |
Volume I. In defense of my people. Introduction -- By way of a prologue / Carlos E. Castañeda -- Author's biographical notes -- Counter-productive ideas for Americanization in the United States -- Mexican-Americans must be treated as Americans to feel American -- A protest against claims by James E. Ferguson -- A theatrical presentation that is unfair to the American people -- Mexican-American youth, study law! -- Ignorance as a cause of racial prejudice -- Mexican-American suffrage -- Presentations for the advancement of Mexicans -- To the Mexican and Mexican-Texas communities of Alice, San Diego, Corpus Christi, Kingsville, Falfurrias, Cameron County and the Lower Rio Grande Valley -- Two ideals and one goal -- The problem facing Mexican Americans -- The evolution of Mexican Americans -- The Mexican-American ideal -- Enthusiastic defense of Mexican workers -- We ask for justice in the Raymondville case -- A protest against a real estate company -- Letter to President Coolidge, protesting the assassinations in Raymondville -- In defense of the Mexicans -- A just defense of Mexicans -- In defense of La Raza : an important letter to President Coolidge -- Let us honor the memory of the heroes of Mexican origin -- Efforts on behalf of Mexicans in jail accused of entering this country illegally -- To the Mexican youth -- Defending La Raza before the Committee on Immigration of the US Congress : statement by Alonso S. Perales, Attorney at Law -- The convention of the League of Citizens in Edinburg was noteworthy -- Perales' address during La Gran Fiesta de La Raza in the San Antonio Auditorium -- Protesting the segregation of our youth in government centers -- Education opportunities that we should exploit -- The sanitary commission met and discussed the West Side in the meeting -- Another protest regarding pensions, prepared by Council 16 of the League of United Latin American Citizens -- Defending humble Mexicans before the Civil Service Commission of the Police and Firefighters of San Antonio, Texas -- The Parent-Teacher Association -- Requesting school facilities for our children : a judgment sought against the school board in the District Court -- Concerning the home beautification contest -- On the convention of the Anti-Tuberculosis Association of Texas --To the pan American round tables, rotary clubs, Lion's clubs, Kiwanis clubs, Chambers of Commerce and other organizations interested in promoting understanding and cooperation between the peoples of Mexico and the United States of America -- A protest against poems that are offensive to Mexican people -- Our forthcoming convention and the future of our school children -- The true mission of our league -- The forthcoming elections and the future of our children -- The next elections and the future of our Raza -- The Mexican American and the recent elections -- The Mexican American and the recent elections II -- How to request school facilities for our children -- The education of the youth is obligatory : Chapter 18 Civil Statutes of Texas compulsory education -- Mexicans : educate your children |
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Volume II. In defense of my people. Commentary on volume I, In defense of my people -- En defensa de mi Raza : my opinion on the first volume and its author, José de la Luz Sáenz -- A brief statement on the high purpose of En defensa de mi raza / Juan Sauceda -- A protest in support of a Mexican-American Legionnaire -- Issues facing our race in the United States, I -- Issues facing our race in the United States, II -- Issues facing our race in the United States, III -- Issues facing our race in the United States, IV -- A letter praising Dr. Herschel T. Manuel -- Presentation by Alonso S. Perales on the radio program 'La voz de la raza," June 8, 1932 -- Societies as a means for progress -- Cooperation -- The importance that we give the adult schools -- Impressions of a trip to Mexico -- The formal petition for the construction of a distinctly Mexican square, presented by representatives of LULAC at the last meeting of the Centenary Commission -- LULAC protests an incident, Mexican Texans forced to pull a car with ropes -- Perales congratulates Calleros and his colleagues -- Attorney Valls stands up for the Mexican people, the strong and noble attitude of the District Attorney, his heart swells with resentment towards the reproach from El Paso, "We don't ask for privileges, but equal rights before the Law" -- Mayor Quin responds to a letter from Perales -- To all the councils of the League of United Latin American Citizens -- Mexicans are not to be classified as Colored in Texas; an objection by Maverick and LULAC members -- The issue has ended -- Mr. Cleofas Calleros in San Antonio -- Our nation will protest the classification of Mexicans, the Mexican Chamber of Deputies will prepare it -- More actions in support of Mexicans -- The Bureau of the Census declares Mexicans as Whites -- Several clubs discuss the case of the shanties and sheds in San Antonio -- The animated words of attorney Perales -- Again, the classification of Mexicans, it appears in the social security form -- The classification of Mexicans as Whites -- Telegram -- The words of Alonso S. Perales through KMAC station on the occasion of an artistic contest -- The poll tax or voting tax -- A letter from San Antonio Councils 16, 12 and 2 of the League of United Latin American Citizens to manufacturers and businessmen and other persons from San Antonio requesting a higher daily wage for Mexican workers -- Mexican visitors bring much benefit -- Perales congratulates the Junior Chamber of San Diego, Texas -- The insult against Mexicans is repeated in San Angelo -- Summary of resolutions by Attny. Alonso Perales, delegate of Council 16 during the Ninth Annual Convention of the League of United Latin American Citizens, Houston, Texas, June 5 and 6, 1937 -- Echoes of the Grand General Convention celebrated in Houston, Texas -- Notes on the immigration laws of the United States of America -- Speech on behalf of the Mexican community of San Antonio upon accepting a community center constructed by the city -- Congressman John N. Garner (now Vice President) before the Immigration Committee of the US Congress, advocating against restricting the entry of Mexicans into this country -- Office of the minority leader of the US House of Representatives -- Defending La Raza before the Immigration Committee of the US Congress -- Echoes of the special LULAC Convention held in Corpus Christi -- A letter from Dr. Herschel T. Manuel, Professor of educational psychology at the University of Texas -- Protesting the segregation of our Raza in New Braunfels -- Perales addresses the Mayor and the Commissioners of New Braunfels -- The true origin of the League of United Latin American Citizens, |
| Summary |
This is the first-ever English translation of civil rights leader Alonso S. Perales' En defensa de mi raza, which was originally published in two volumes in 1936 and 1937, and contains letters and articles on prejudice, discrimination and the civil rights cause |
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"In 1927, when his letters to two Texas governors about the assassination of Mexican Americans in police custody in South Texas were ignored, Alonso S. Perales wrote to President Coolidge, asking for the Justice Department to conduct an official investigation into their deaths. Perales believed US citizens of Mexican descent had an obligation to their country, "including offering our lives for this Nation when necessary." He also believed adamantly that the United States had a duty to protect the rights of all its people. Originally published in Spanish in 1936 and 1937, In Defense of My People contains articles, letters and speeches written by one of the most influential civil rights activists of the early twentieth century. When Mexican-American veterans of World War II were denied service in a South Texas pool hall, even while wearing their uniforms, Perales wrote about the incident for The San Antonio Express. He also exhorted his community to secure an education and participate in civic duties. His form letter, "How to Request School Facilities for Our Children," helped parents secure schools "equal to those furnished children of Anglo-American descent." Alonso S. Perales was the co-founder of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), an attorney, activist and US diplomat. He has been largely forgotten, in part because his writings were in Spanish. This first-ever English translation of his two-volume publication, En defensa de mi raza, will make Perales' contributions to equal rights for Mexicans and Mexican Americans available to a much larger audience. A long-lost gem of the civil rights movement, this book is a must-read for historians and anyone interested in the Latino community's fight for rights, dignity and respect. ALONSO S. PERALES (1898-1960) was born in Alice, Texas, and became an attorney, activist, author and US diplomat. EMILIO ZAMORA, a professor of history at the University of Texas, is a Fellow of the George W. Littlefield Professorship in American History and the author of several books, including Claiming Rights and Righting Wrongs in Texas; Mexican Workers and Job Politics During World War II (Texas A&M University Press, 2009). He edited and translated The WWI Diary of José de la Luz Sáenz (Texas A&M University Press, 2014)"-- Provided by publisher |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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"Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage"--cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Originally published in Spanish |
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Perales, Alonso S., 1898-1960.
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| SUBJECT |
Perales, Alonso S., 1898-1960 fast |
| Subject |
Mexican Americans -- Civil rights -- Texas -- History -- 20th century
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Mexican Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century
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Mexican Americans -- Civil rights
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Texas
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Zamora, Emilio, editor, translator
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| ISBN |
1518506747 |
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9781518506741 |
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