Title Claiming rights and righting wrongs in Texas : Mexican workers and job politics during World War II / Emilio Zamora ; foreword by Juan Gómez Quiñones

Edition 1st ed Published College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 318 pages) : illustrations Series Rio Grande/Río Bravo ; no. 15 Rio Grande/Río Bravo ; no. 15 Contents Wartime recovery and denied opportunities -- Elevating the Mexican cause to a hemispheric level -- The fight for Mexican rights in Texas -- The FEPC and Mexican workers in Texas -- The slippery slope of equal opportunity in the refineries of the Upper Texas Gulf Coast -- Negotiating Mexican workers' rights at Corpus Christi Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-309) and index Notes Print version record Subject United States. Committee on Fair Employment Practice -- History -- 20th century League of United Latin American Citizens -- History -- 20th century League of United Latin American Citizens United States. Committee on Fair Employment Practice Foreign workers, Mexican -- Texas -- History -- 20th century World War, 1939-1945 -- Mexican Americans. Mexican Americans -- Employment -- Texas -- History -- 20th century Mexican Americans -- Civil rights -- Texas -- History -- 20th century Mexican Americans -- Texas -- Social conditions -- 20th century Discrimination in employment -- Texas -- History -- 20th century Discrimination in employment Foreign workers, Mexican Diplomatic relations Mexican Americans Mexican Americans -- Civil rights Mexican Americans -- Employment Mexican Americans -- Social conditions United States -- Foreign relations -- Mexico Mexico -- Foreign relations -- United States Mexico Texas United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Gómez-Quiñones, Juan ISBN 9781603443340 1603443347

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