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Claiming rights and righting wrongs in Texas : Mexican workers and job politics during World War II / Emilio Zamora ; foreword by Juan Gòmez Quiñones.

Author: Zamora, Emilio.

Imprint:College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2009.

Physical Descriptionxvi, 318 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Note:Wartime recovery and denied opportunities -- Elevating the Mexican cause to a hemispheric level -- The fight for Mexican rights in Texas -- The FEPC and Mexican workers in Texas -- The slippery slope of equal opportunity in the refineries of the Upper Texas Gulf Coast -- Negotiating Mexican workers' rights at Corpus Christi.

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Zamora, Emilio.
Series
Rio Grande/Río Bravo ; no. 15
Subject:
United States. Committee on Fair Employment Practice.
League of United Latin American Citizens.
Foreign workers, Mexican -- Texas -- History.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Mexican Americans.
Mexican Americans -- Employment.
Mexican Americans -- Texas -- Civil rights.
Mexican Americans -- Texas -- Social conditions.
Discrimination in employment -- Texas.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Mexico.
Mexico -- Foreign relations -- United States.