HILD 7C Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Three Rivers, Texas, Felix Z. Longoria Jr., Arlington National Cemetery
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From mexican american to chican: mexican american politics after the war, normanna, texas 2016 a. i. Dorothy bareda & pedro bareda a. i. 1. a. i. 2. a. i. 3. a. i. 4. a. i. 5. a. i. 6. Dorothy is white & pedro is mexican american. Lived in normanna (small town) with his wife. After pedro died dorothy wanted to bury him at san domingo cemetery a. i. 7. Told by the board that pedro could not be buried there because he was. Dorothy goes to media and cemetery changes their mind a. ii. Chain link fence goes through cemetery to divide black plots from white plots: felix longoria and the gi forum b. i. Refused the use of a chapel at cemetery in three rivers because he was mexican b. v. mexican american veterans became agitated b. v. 1. Mexican american civil rights group that began in response to. Garnered aid and assistance of texas senator lyndon b. johnson b. v. 1. c. Secured for longoria a burial at arlington national cemetery b. v. 1. d.