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More than 200 PWs identified as Texas as end of list nears
Description
Newspaper clipping from The Houston Post, Friday, December 21, year unknown. The article contains a list of Texans serving in the military that appeared on a Communist list of prisoners of war in North Korea. This particular listing has 18 names circled in pencil, all of them with Hispanic surnames.
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Description
Newspaper clipping from The Houston Post, Friday, December 21, year unknown. The article contains a list of Texans serving in the military that appeared on a Communist list of prisoners of war in North Korea. This particular listing has 18 names circled in pencil, all of them with Hispanic surnames.
Physical Description
1 newspaper clipping ; 37 cm.
Notes
LULAC: John J. Herrera Correspondence and Documents, August-December, 1951
This clipping is part of the following collections of related materials.
Texas Cultures Online
Texas Cultures Online features local history materials from eighteen institutions depicting the diverse cultures of Texas during the 19th and 20th centuries. Funding provided by the Amon Carter Foundation.
Correspondence and personal items of John J. Herrera, a notable lawyer and civil rights advocate for Mexican Americans. Known for his role in desegregating schools, he fought the exclusion of Spanish-speaking citizens on juries.
Associated Press.More than 200 PWs identified as Texas as end of list nears,
clipping,
Date Unknown;
Houston, Texas.
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth250207/:
accessed May 23, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library.