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[Lemon Grove Incident, Mexican-American School Desegregation Case Documents], 1931
title [Lemon Grove Incident, Mexican-American School Desegregation Case Documents], 1931description Collection of three documents relating to "the Lemon Grove incident," a school desegregation case involving Mexican- American children at Lemon Grove, California. Includes a 2 p. manuscript response of the Mexican-American community in Lemon Grove, Calif., to the local school board's attempt to create a segregated Mexican school in the district. The remaining two documents are typed letters from Enrique Ferreira, Mexican Consul at San Diego, relating to the case. Accompanied by English translations In Spanish Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca)artist/creator Ferreira, Enriquesubject Mexican American children--Education Race relations California--San Diego County Segregation In education California--Lemon Grove School integration Americanization Mexican Americans Litigationcontributor Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) -
Testimony Of Carmen Chicano, Interview With Jessica Cordova And Jodi Eisenberg; July 4, 2009
title Testimony Of Carmen Chicano, Interview With Jessica Cordova And Jodi Eisenberg; July 4, 2009description Carmen Chicano recounts fleeing with her family on the road to Almería when the Civil War began and retells the fear experienced as they were attacked by ships and planes. She narrates that they fled to Alicante but went to Arijuela after the bombardment, and returned to Vélez when the war ended. Carmen explains that many people were detained, stating that her uncle was imprisoned in Vélez and executed in Málaga. She comments that many people were placed in concentration camps, emphasizing that her brother was put in Caparacena. Carmen details her family's life after the war, noting the hunger as well as her mother's suffering after the Francoists killed her two brothers. She remembers her family members whose bodies have not been recovered because their burial places are unknown. Carmen describes the dictatorship as painful years, underlining the censorship and the daily conditions of vigilance. She tells that people she knew were tortured. Carmen relates wearing black to her wedding in mourning of her family members' deaths. She speaks about Franco's death and the changes that occurred after 1975. Carmen reiterates the difficulties of exhuming and identifying the bodies of her brothers who are buried in mass graves. She recalls her parents' pre-war memories. Carmen discusses the importance of remembering the suffering of the war and instilling awareness of it in the younger generations Carmen Chicano's testimony was recorded in Vélez-Málaga Chicano, Carmen, Testimony of the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist Dictatorship. University of California, San Diego, 2009 Interviews in Spanish Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) Testimony of the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist dictatorship Vélez-Málaga, Spain :, Spanish Civil War Memory Project, 2009artist/creator Federación Estatal De Foros Por La Memoria Eisenberg, Jodi Chicano, Carmen Asociación Para La Recuperación De La Memoria Histórica Asociación De Ex-Presos Y Represaliados Políticos Cordova, Jessicasubject Oral History Interviews Civil War (Spain : 1936-1939) Spain History Nonfiction Films Personal Narratives-Spanishcontributor Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)