[Letter from the Agrupación Protectora Mexicana, a pioneering Latino civil rights group].
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| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | Spanish |
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Chapman Texas Collection copy is part of the Floyd & Louise Chapman Texas & Borderlands Collection. TXA Title supplied from bookseller's description. Three separate documents -- a formal cover sheet accompanied by two letters. 14" x 8.5" sheets. Vendor's description inserted. Housed together in enclosure, 42 cm. "Typed letter signed by president Donaciano R. Davila and secretary Emilio Flores with manuscript docketing note in unknown hand, addressed to the governor of Baja California, accompanied by a typed carbon response and a docketing sheet.... Often lost in the bitter history of American lynch mobs are the many Mexican-Americans lynched in the border states. Mexican-Americans also faced illegal seizures of their property. The Agrupación Protectora Mexicana was founded in San Antonio, TX in 1911 to address these and other injustices, working with the Mexican government for greater leverage. This letter tells of the 3 November 1910 lynching of a boy named Antonio Gamez in Thorndale, TX--the incident which sparked the foundation of the group on 25 June. It also pleads for an end to cowardice, disunity, and apathy from 'nuestros primos' in Mexico to help end 'los linchamientos.'"--Bookseller's description. |
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| Physical Description: | 3 leaves ; 38 cm |