Date of Original
1930/1987

Subject
People--Ethnic Groups--Hispanics
LULAC
League of United Latin American Citizens
Government and Law
Social Life and Customs--Clubs and Organizations
Hispanic Americans
Hispanic Americans--Correspondence
Cases
Letters
Conventions
Attorneys
Lawsuits
Social Life and Customs--Correspondence
Lawyers
Campaigns
Actions and defenses
Lawyers--Texas
Meetings
Legislators--United States
Speeches
Government and Law--Politics
Elections
Financial records
Congressmen
Legal documents
Discrimination against Hispanic Americans
Envelopes
Recommendations
Articles
Elections--Texas
Invitation cards
Recommendation letters
Memorandums
Senators
Impeachments
Radio stations--Texas

People
Herrera, John J.
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Benites, Joseph R.
Velez, Joe
Gonzales, Manuel
Connally, John Bowden, 1917-1993
Morales, Felix H.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Herrera, John Michael
Cisneros, Abel
Morga, Eduardo
Garcia, Gustavo C.
Bonilla, William D.
Herrera, John J.--Family
Pinedo, Frank M.
Daniel, Price
Herrera, Olivia C.
Yarborough, Ralph Webster, 1903-1996
Tijerina, Felix, 1905-1965
Hernández, Pete
Wirin, A. L.
Ornelas, Roberto
Estrada, Ralph
Ballard, Kenith L.
Herrera, Ernesto Jimenez
Cortez, Raoul A.
Garza, George J.
Kern, Clairville V.
Casey, Robert R. (Robert Randolph), 1915-1986
Shivers, Allan, 1907-1985
Thomas, Albert, 1898-1966
Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
Castañeda, Carlos E.

Location
United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Arizona, Maricopa County, Phoenix, 33.44838, -112.07404
United States, California, 37.25022, -119.75126
United States, California, City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco, 37.77493, -122.41942
United States, California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, 34.05223, -118.24368
United States, California, Orange County, Huntington Beach, 33.6603, -117.99923
United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
United States, New Mexico, Santa Fe County, Santa Fe, 35.68698, -105.9378
United States, Texas, 31.25044, -99.25061
United States, Texas, Bexar County, San Antonio, 29.42412, -98.49363
United States, Texas, El Paso County, El Paso, 31.75872, -106.48693
United States, Texas, Galveston County, Galveston, 29.30135, -94.7977
United States, Texas, Harris County, 29.85728, -95.39234
United States, Texas, Harris County, Houston, 29.76328, -95.36327
United States, Texas, Jefferson County, Beaumont, 30.08605, -94.10185
United States, Texas, Matagorda County, Palacios, 28.70805, -96.21747
United States, Texas, McLennan County, 31.55238, -97.20179
United States, Texas, McLennan County, Waco, 31.54933, -97.14667
United States, Texas, Nueces County, Corpus Christi, 27.80058, -97.39638
United States, Texas, Travis County, Austin, 30.26715, -97.74306
United States, Texas, Webb County, Laredo, 27.50641, -99.50754
United States, Texas, Wharton County, 29.27786, -96.2221
United States, Texas, Wharton County, Wharton, 29.31164, -96.10274

Type
StillImage, Text

Description
John James Herrera (1910-1986), a lawyer and leading civil rights advocate for Mexican Americans, played a role in key cases that ultimately established that separate schools for Mexican American children were illegal and that the systematic exclusion of Spanish-speaking citizens from service on juries was unconstitutional.

Herrera served as national president of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and was politically active throughout his life. He relates that one of the most memorable nights of his life was on November 21, 1963, when he introduced President John F. Kennedy to a group of LULAC members gathered at the Rice Hotel for a reception.

Metadata URL
https://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/JJHP/

Language
eng, spa

Contributing Institution
University of North Texas. Libraries

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