Index
Page numbers in italics refer to figures.| Acuña, Rudolfo, 2 | |
| African Americans: civil rights activism of, 15, 66; and discrimination, 11, 15, 29; and doubleconsciousness, 219–220n18; education of, 13; efects of World War II on, 4; and employment discrimination, 20, 143; employment of African American women, 67; injustices experienced by, 74, 98; integration of, 85; on juries, 123, 124; liberals' support of, 34; and limits of federal civil rights action, 97; and Mexico, 212n23; in military, 132; political power of, 22, 211n39, 212n16; pressure tactics of, 29, 32; and race riots, 42–43, 107; and racial classification of Mexican Americans, 12; relations with Mexican Americans, 61, 67, 116, 117–118; second-class citizenship of, 74; and Sleepy Lagoon case, 38; in Texas, 209n20, 211n39; and zoot suits, 41 | |
| agriculture, 11, 17–18. See also farmworkers; migrant workers | |
| Aguirre, Andrew, 59–60 | |
| Alger, Horatio, 31 | |
| Alianza Hispano-Americana, 90, 105 | |
| American Council for SpanishSpeaking People (acssP), 85, 105 | |
| American Delegation of Labor, 78 | |
| American dream, 56, 58, 82, 106 | |
| American empire, 54 | |
| American GI Forum: civil rights activism of, 100–101; formation of, 103; and Héctor P. García, 61, 101; and Gran Junta de Protesta flyer, 102; and Morin, 159, 188; and George I. Sánchez, 85; women active in, 59 | |
| American Indians: and discrimination, 11; education of, 13; injustices experienced by, 74; liberals%7 support of, 34, 214n1; in military, 50 | |
| American Left, 39 | |
| American Southwest: attitudes towards Mexico in, 23; and civil rights activism, 97, 106; and discrimination, 14, 24; labor shortages in, 9; Mexican American organizations in, 93; as part of Mexican territory, 8–9; and public facilities desegregation, 105; racism in, 29; and reform movements, 34 | |
| Amor, Carlos, 178 | |
| Anderson, Karen, 63 | |
| Anglos. See white Americans |
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Book title: World War II and Mexican American Civil Rights.
Contributors: Richard Griswold Del Castilo - Editor.
Publisher: University of Texas Press.
Place of publication: Austin, TX.
Publication year: 2008.
Page number: 231.
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