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Diaz / Hector P. Garcia and the Felix Longoria Affair, Part Two

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Interview Interview with Bessy Diaz
Subjects Family › Marriage
Family › Children
Migration › Migration from Latin America to Texas
Citizenship
Citizenship › Definitions of Citizenship
Citizenship › Immigration Status
Work
Work › Occupations
Community Organizations › Civil Rights Organizations › National and Regional Civil Rights Organizations
Community Organizations › Community outreach
Race Relations › Anglo-Mexican Race Relations
Discrimination or Segregation › Discrimination or Segregation of Public Accommodations
Historic Periods › 1946-1950
Historic Periods › 1950s [Exact Date Unknown]
Military
Military › World War II
Military › Discrimination in Military
Military › Veterans' benefits
Community Organizations › Civil Rights Organizations › American G.I. Forum (AGIF)
People › Johnson, Lyndon Baines
People › Proper Nouns › Harry S Truman
Tags Longoria, Felix
Garcia, Hector P.
Three Rivers Cemetery, TX
Arlington National Cemetery, VA
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Interview date 2016-06-29
Interview source CRBB Summer 2016
Interviewees Diaz, Mary Ann "Bessy"
Interviewers Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés
Wall, James
Locations San Antonio, TX
Corpus Christi, TX
Arlington, VA
Duration 00:05:33
Citation "Hector P. Garcia and the Felix Longoria Affair, Part Two," from Mary Ann "Bessy" Diaz oral history interview with Moisés Acuña-Gurrola and James Wall,  June 29, 2016, Corpus Christi, TX, Civil Rights in Black and Brown Interview Database, https://crbb.tcu.edu/clips/4711/hector-p-garcia-and-the-felix-longoria-affair-part-2, accessed April 18, 2024