Good Neighbor Commission Records, 1949-1950

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Good Neighbor Commission Records, 1949-1950

The Good Neighbor Commission was established in 1943 to improve education, housing, and health measures for migrant workers and other Mexicans living in Texas.

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Saunders, Lyle, 1907-

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Council on Human Relations (Tex.)

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Galarza, Ernesto, 1905-1984

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Mexican American author, historian and lecturer. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University. He was particularly interested in Mexican American farm labor. From the description of Spiders in the house and workers in the field : Video interview transcript, 1971 Mar. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122500355 Ernesto Galarza, born 1905 in Jalcocotán, Nayarit, Mexico, was a labor organizer, labor historian, author, community organizer, bilingual educator, and university p...

Cole, Stewart G. (Stewart Grant), 1892-1980

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Stewart G. Cole (b. 1892) is an educator and author, a leader in such organizations as the Bureau for Intercultural Education, the Pacific Coast Council on Intercultural Education, the National Council of Christians and Jews, and Anytown, Inc. Cole was educated at McMaster University (Toronto, Ontario) and the University of Chicago. He taught at various schools and colleges as well as being involved in numerous organizations and publishing extensively. From the description of Papers,...

Black, Hugh C.

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Sánchez, George Isidore, 1906-1972

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George I. Sánchez, writer, educator, and civil rights advocate, was born Jorge Isidoro Sánchez y Sánchez on October 4, 1906, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The son of Telésforo and Juliana Sánchez, he attended elementary and secondary public schools in New Mexico and worked as a school teacher, principal, and superintendent while earning his BA from the University of New Mexico (1930). Sánchez received his Master of Science degree in Educational Psychology and Spanish from the Universi...

Gammage, Grady, 1892-1959

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Good Neighbor Commission

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In 1943, Governor Coke R. Stevenson established the Good Neighbor Commission in response to requests by Office of Inter-American Affairs (OIAA) agent Tom Sutherland, among others. The OIAA was established by President Roosevelt in 1940 with the goal of improving cultural and economic relations with Latin America. The Good Neighbor Commission was originally requested because of the Mexican government’s ban on moving workers into Texas because of discrimination against Mexicans. The p...

Stevenson, Coke R. (Coke Robert), 1888-1975

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Coke R. Stevenson served as Governor of Texas from August 1941 to January 1947. From the description of Papers, 1943. (University of Texas at Arlington). WorldCat record id: 22608558 ...

Orrego, Glasfira

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Sutherland, Tom, 1931-

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Southwest Council on Education of Spanish-Speaking People

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