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Table of Contents Introduction By Richard Griswold del Castillo 1. Mexican Americans in 1940: Perceptions and Conditions By Richard Steele 2. The Federal Government Discovers Mexican Americans By Richard Steele 3. Violence in Los Angeles: Sleepy Lagoon, the Zoot-Suit Riots, and the Liberal Response By Richard Steele 4. The War and Changing Identities: Personal Transformations By Richard Griswold del Castillo 5. Civil Rights on the Home Front: Leaders and Organizations By Richard Griswold del Castillo Epilogue: Civil Rights and the Legacy of War By Richard Steele and Richard Griswold del Castillo Appendix A: Ruth Tuck, "The Minority Citizen" Appendix B: Statement of Carlos E. Casta¿eda before the U.S. Senate Regarding the Need for a Fair Employment Practices Commission, March 12, 1945 Appendix C: Executive Order 8802 Establishing the Fair Employment Practices Committee, June 25, 1941 Appendix D: The "Caucasian Race--Equal Privileges" Texas House Concurrent Resolution, 1943 Appendix E: Manuel Ruiz, "Latin-American Juvenile Delinquency in Los Angeles: Bomb or Bubble!" Appendix F: Raul Morin, excerpts from Among the Valiant: Mexican-Americans in WW II and Korea Appendix G: Affidavits of Mexican Americans Regarding Discrimination in Texas during World War II (Collected by Alonso S. Perales) Notes Selected Annotated Bibliography Index
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
World War, 1939-1945 -- Mexican Americans.
Mexican Americans -- Civil rights.
United States -- Ethnic relations.