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Texas, 347 U.S. 475 (1954), was a landmark case, "the first and only Mexican-American civil-rights case heard and decided by the United States Supreme Court during the post-World War II period." [ 1 ] In a unanimous ruling, the court held that Mexican Americans and all other nationality groups in the United States have equal protection under ...
This program, which commenced in Stockton, California in August 1942, [8] was intended to fill the labor shortage in agriculture because of World War II. In Texas, the program was banned by Mexico for several years during the mid-1940s due to the discrimination and maltreatment of Mexicans, which included lynchings along the border.
The little-known story of the Mexican American lawyers who took Hernandez v. Texas to the Supreme Court, challenging Jim Crow-style discrimination. Aired February 23, 2009. Buitron Jr., Richard (2004). "Another community: Identity among working class Mexican Americans, 1935–41". The quest for Tejano identity in San Antonio, Texas, 1913–2000 ...
Felix Z. Longoria (April 16, 1920 – June 16, 1945) was an American soldier from Texas, who served in the United States Army as a private. He died during World War II and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery [1] after veterans supported his cause in a dispute over his funerary arrangements.
After World War II, the League of United Latin American Citizens filed a lawsuit in Texas to eliminate educational segregation of Mexican-American children in school systems. In June 1948, the federal court in Austin stated that this kind of segregation was unconstitutional because it violated the Fourteenth Amendment. [ 36 ]
In complete disregard of her identity, she came to be known as "Juanita" after her death, a stereotypical name for a Mexican woman. Due to the result of the Texas Revolution (1835-1836) and Texas Annexation (1845), the U.S. inherited the Republic of Texas's border disputes with Mexico, which led to the eruption of the Mexican–American War ...
Mexican Americans faced discrimination in the workplace and public transportation, often being seen as no better than dogs. [14] Executive Order 8802 outlawed discrimination in the defense industry based on “race, creed, color, or national origin”. [15] Executive Order 8802, established the Fair Employment Practices Committee (FEPC). [16]
Mexico's participation in World War II had its first antecedent in the diplomatic efforts made by the government before the League of Nations as a result of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. However, this intensified with the sinking of oil tankers by German submarine attacks, resulting in Mexico declaring war on the Axis Powers of Nazi Germany ...