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[Santa Ana LULAC News, Volume 4, Number 1, October 1952]

Description: Four-page newspaper LULAC NEWS of the League of United Latin American Citizens Council 147 of Santa Ana, California, Volume 4, Number 1, dated October, 1952. Contains by-laws of Santa Ana, California, LULAC Council Number 147 and editorial column urging members to be sure and vote in the upcoming election.
Date: October 1952
Creator: League of United Latin American Citizens

[Schedule for "The 1980's: A Decade of Challenges for the Mexican American" - February 12, 1979]

Description: The printed schedule details the event, "The 1980's: A Decade of Challenges for the Mexican American", held on February 12, 1979, and hosted by the North Houston LULAC Council 688 in commemoration of League of United Latin American Citizens' 50th Anniversary.
Date: February 12, 1979
Creator: League of United Latin American Citizens

Script for John Connally Spots KLVL

Description: Onionskin carbon copy of a script for a radio broadcast segment for Spanish station KLVL promoting John Connally. The first part of the script is labeled for a one minute segment; subsequent sections are for thirty seconds. The script is typed on letterhead for the Law Offices of John J. Herrera.
Date: 196X
Creator: Herrera, John J.

Sheriff brands whitewash charge as ridiculous

Description: Newspaper clipping from a Bay City newspaper, indicated by handwritten note, dated 1953. Article is a rebuttal from Sheriff Jack Cole to charges made by LULAC delegates at the LULAC convention that a grand jury had whitewashed the decision regarding the fatal shooting of George Sanchez. LULAC was asking for an impartial investigation of George Sanchez's civil rights.
Date: 1953

Signs of Our Times

Description: Text of speech delivered by Gus C. Garcia, Member, San Antonio Board of Education, at Laredo, Texas on January 15, 1952, titled, "Signs of our times." Garcia speaks of the general problems which are facing the nation today.
Date: January 15, 1952
Creator: Garcia, Gustavo C.

Special 10 minutes Spanish for Ralph Yarborough

Description: Text of Dr. Hector P. Garcia's radio speech endorsing Ralph Yarborough for Governor of Texas. Garcia relates some of the medical problems of Latinos in Texas, which he believes Yarborough will take seriously and work to alleviate, unlike Governor Allan Shivers.
Date: July 14, 1954
Creator: Garcia, Hector P., -1996

Special 10 minutes Spanish for Ralph Yarbough

Description: Text of a speech to be given over the radio in support of Texas gubernatorial candidate Ralph Yarborough by Dr. Hector P. Garcia. Garcia relates some of the medical problems of Latinos in Texas, which he believes Yarborough will take seriously and work to alleviate, unlike Governor Allan Shivers.
Date: July 14, 1954
Creator: Garcia, Hector P., -1996

[Speech by Gus C. Garcia - 1952-01-29]

Description: Text of the speech delivered by Gus C. Garcia before the Education Session of Third National Conference of the United States National Commission for UNESCO at New York on January 29, 1952 on education, especially for minorities in the United States.
Date: January 29, 1952
Creator: Garcia, Gustavo C.

[Speech by John J. Herrera]

Description: Pages four through twenty-four of a speech written by John J. Herrera some time between May 1949 and the end of 1959. It appears to be a committee report after research about Spanish-speaking people in Texas. Herrera focuses on three major problem areas around which most of the other problems are clustered: 1. Communication ; 2. Education ; and 3. Employment. Herrera also discusses possible approaches to changing existing conditions.
Date: 1949-05/1959
Creator: Herrera, John J.
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