Bonilla, Tony , 1936
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Santiago Hernandez Papers
Collection
Identifier: Coll-181
Abstract
The Santiago Hernandez Papers consist of a variety of original correspondence and photocopied newspaper clippings central to the attempt to rename the Three Rivers Post Office after Pvt. Felix Z. Longoria Jr. A local resident of Three Rivers, Texas, Longoria was killed in action in the Pacific Theater during World War II. When his body was returned to Three Rivers the local funeral home declined to provide services; ostensibly because Longoria was Mexican-American and it would “upset the...
Dates:
2003-2005
Tony Bonilla Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-35
Abstract
Tony Bonilla is a Corpus Christi lawyer and longtime civic leader and was the first Hispanic State Representative elected from Nueces County.
Dates:
1960s-1980s
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- Appearance-based discrimination 1
- Campaigns, Election 1
- Chicano movement 1
- Civil rights 1
- Discrimination in education 1
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