[Judgment, Minerva Delgado et al vs. Bastrop Independent School District - 1948-06-15] (open access)

[Judgment, Minerva Delgado et al vs. Bastrop Independent School District - 1948-06-15]

Judgment of the case of Minerva Delgado et al vs. Bastrop Independent School District of Bastrop County, et al., regarding segregation of Mexican Americans in schools of Texas. This judgment was declared in the No. 388 Civil District Court of the United States, Western District of Texas by Judge Ben H. Rice.
Date: June 15, 1948
Creator: Rice, Ben H.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Judgment, Minerva Delgado et al vs. Bastrop Independent School District - 1948-06-15] (open access)

[Judgment, Minerva Delgado et al vs. Bastrop Independent School District - 1948-06-15]

Judgment of the case of Minerva Delgado et al vs. Bastrop Independent School District of Bastrop County, et al., regarding segregation of Mexican Americans in schools of Texas. This judgment was declared in the No. 388 Civil District Court of the United States, Western District of Texas by Judge Ben H. Rice.
Date: June 15, 1948
Creator: Rice, Ben H.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Judgment, Minerva Delgado et al vs. Bastrop Independent School District - 1948-06-15] (open access)

[Judgment, Minerva Delgado et al vs. Bastrop Independent School District - 1948-06-15]

Judgment of the case of Minerva Delgado et al vs. Bastrop Independent School District of Bastrop County, et al., regarding segregation of Mexican Americans in schools of Texas. This judgment was declared in the No. 388 Civil District Court of the United States, Western District of Texas by Judge Ben H. Rice.
Date: June 15, 1948
Creator: Rice, Ben H.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Newsflash from KCOR, June 15, 1948] (open access)

Newsflash from KCOR, June 15, 1948]

Newsflash from KCOR radio station, reporting on news from Austin, Texas, from Raoul A. Cortez, President of the League of United Latin American Citizens. Judge Ben H. Rice, Jr., from the Federal Court in Austin, has ordered a statewide ban on segregation of Mexican-American children in Texas schools, stating that the practice is unconstitutional and violates the 14th Amendment.
Date: June 15, 1948
Creator: KCOR
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cortez new Lulac President (open access)

Cortez new Lulac President

Newspaper clipping from "San Antonio Light" announcing Raoul A. Cortez as the new LULAC President-General and names of other office bearers of LULAC. Cortez pledged to fight against segregation of Latino Americans in public schools. San Antonio was selected for the 1949 convention for the LULAC sessions.
Date: June 14, 1948
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Resolution of the League of United Latin American Citizens - 1948] (open access)

[Resolution of the League of United Latin American Citizens - 1948]

Resolution adopted by the League of United Latin American Citizens at the National Convention in Austin, Texas, paying a tribute to Frank V. Lozano who had served LULAC for several years.
Date: June 13, 1948
Creator: League of United Latin American Citizens
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Resolutions from LULAC Council Number Sixty to be presented at the National Convention] (open access)

[Resolutions from LULAC Council Number Sixty to be presented at the National Convention]

Handwritten transcription of resolutions to be presented by Council No. 60 of LULAC at the national convention to be held at Austin on June 11, 12 and 13, 1948.
Date: 1948-06-11/1948-06-13
Creator: League of United Latin American Citizens
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John J. Herrera to Houston Bar Association - 1948-06-02] (open access)

[Letter from John J. Herrera to Houston Bar Association - 1948-06-02]

Onionskin paper carbon copy of letter of recommendation from John J. Herrera to the Houston Bar Association and Texas State Board of Legal Examiners on behalf of law student Benjamin Joseph Canales.
Date: June 2, 1948
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John J. Herrera to the Houston Bar Association - 1948-06-02] (open access)

[Letter from John J. Herrera to the Houston Bar Association - 1948-06-02]

Onionskin paper carbon copy of letter of recommendation from John J. Herrera to the Houston Bar Association and the Texas State Board of Legal Examiners on behalf of a law student, Benjamin Joseph Canales.
Date: June 2, 1948
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History