Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. 1. Mexican Americans in 1940: Perceptions and Conditions 7
5. 2. The Federal Government Discovers Mexican A 19
6. 3. Violence in Los Angeles: Sleepy Lagoon, the Zoot-Suit Riots, and the Liberal Res 34
7. 4. The War and Changing Identities: Personal Transformations 49
8. 5. Civil Rights on the Home Front: Leaders and Organizations 74
9. Epilogue: Civil Rights and the Legacy of War 95
10. Appendix A: Ruth Tuck, “The Minority Citizen” 108
11. Appendix B: Statement of Carlos E. Castañeda before the U.S. Senate Regarding the Need for a Fair Employment Practices Commission, March 12, 1945 135
12. Appendix C: Executive Order 8802 Establishing the Fair Employment Practices Committee, June 25, 1941 143
13. Appendix D: The “Caucasian Race—Equal Privileges” Texas House Concurrent Resolution, 1943 145
14. Appendix E: Manuel Ruiz, “Latin-American Juvenile Delinquency in Los Angeles: Bomb or Bubble!” 148
15. Appendix F: Raul Morin, excerpts from Among the Valiant: Mexican- Americans in WW II and Korea 159
16. Appendix G: Affidavits of Mexican Americans Regarding Discrimination in Texas during World War II (Collected by Alonso S. Perales) 189
17. Notes 207
18. Selected Annotated Bibliography 227
19. Index 231