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[Letter from J. David Maddox to John J. Herrera - 1973-02-12]

Description: Letter J. David Maddox to John J. Herrera requesting a copy of a deed of sale from Judith Ann Spencer to Robert Jack Spencer pursuing a complaint in equity to quiet title. A previous request for the deed had been refused, as Judith Ann Spencer had not paid the required fee to Herrera.
Date: February 12, 1973
Creator: Maddox, J. David
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

Speech to the Chicano law students of T.S.U.

Description: Speech to the Chicano law students of T.S.U., delivered by John J. Herrera on October 11, 1973. In the speech he relayes advice based on his experience and career and urges the students to be involved in their communities. This is a heavily edited version of this speech with notes and markings throughout.
Date: October 11, 1973
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Location: 29.72130974635524 -95.36011795000002
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

Speech to the Chicano law students of T.S.U.

Description: Speech to the Chicano law students of T.S.U., delivered by John J. Herrera on October 11, 1973. In the speech he relayes advice based on his experience and career and urges the students to be involved in their communities. This is a heavily edited version of this speech with notes and markings throughout.
Date: October 11, 1973
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Location: 29.72130974635524 -95.36011795000002
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

Editor viewpoints: 'Chicano' Is a part of the idiom

Description: Letter from John J. Herrera to the Houston Chronicle in response to Mrs. Marta Daumas' letter published on August 9th criticizing the use of the word "Chicano". Herrera explains that this word, once part of the Mexican American slang, has now become an American language idiom. He and other Mexican-Americans, unlike Mexicans from Mexico, appreciate the appellation as a source of pride and recognition of their Mexican ancestry.
Date: August 23, 1973
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Detail of the mural, The Rebirth of Our Nationality]

Description: Photograph detail of Leo Tanguma's "The Rebirth of Our Nationality", a mural spanning a building on Canal Street in Houston, Texas. The brightly colored mural depicts multiple figures reaching toward each other. At the top of the mural: "To become aware of our history is to become aware of our singularity." The work was completed in 1973 during the Chicano mural movement.
Date: 1973
Creator: Tanguma, Leo
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library
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