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This source is a transcription of a speech given at the end of the Southwest Council on the Education of Spanish Speaking People by George I. Sanchez, the president of the council. This council was held to discuss ways to attack ethnic discrimination…

This source is a transcript prepared for presentation at the First Southwide Conference on Discrimination in Higher Education at Atlanta University by Lyle Saunders. In his presentation, Lyle Saunders states that the best way for an institution to…

This source details the evidences of progress and problems still without a remedy in attacking discrimination against Spanish-speakers in Texas, as assessed by the Texas Good Neighbor Commission. In this source, economic inequality and poorer life…

Photograph of Dr. George I. Sánchez, a Mexican American educator, writer, professor, and civil rights activist.

Photoraph of a PAPA meeting in Study of the Spanish-Speaking People in Texas, a photo series documenting the joys and hardships in Mexican American communities in Texas.

Memo from Texas Governor Allan Shivers addressing the Good Neighbor Commission.

The desire of Mexican-American children to be treated as equals.

This circular was written by J.J. Kilpatrick in July, 1919. The circular covers the actions of the Texas Rangers at the Texas border.

This image is the sixth page of Escobar's autobiography. This page documents Escobar's time living in the border region between 1915 and 1916. Escobar shares his observation's regarding the regions poverty and lack of access to education

This is an excerpt from the Texas Legislature's joint committee notes on the investigation into the Texas Rangers. This committee was led by Terry Canales, the only Hispanic State Representative in the legislature.