Felix Longoria's Wake: Bereavement, Racism, and the Rise of Mexican American Activism

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TABLES 1. Labor Camp Living Conditions 42 2. Health of Labor Camp Residents 43 MAP South Texas, the Nueces Strip, and the Longoria Corridor 8 FIGURES “Man with T.B.,” Mathis Labor Camp 1 36 “General View of Camp 5,” Mathis Labor Camp 5 36 “Man Cooking,” Mathis Labor Camp 2 37 “Women’s Toilet,” Mathis Labor Camp 3 38 “Women and Children,” Mathis Labor Camp 5 39 ILLUSTRATIONS F E L I X L O N G O R I A ’ S W A K E X “The Dog Houses,” Mathis Labor Camp 5 40 “Chicken Coop,” Orange Grove, Texas 41 Mathis High School 46 Mathis Mexican Ward School 47 “Hole in the Roof,” Mathis Mexican Ward School 47 “Outside Water,” Mathis Mexican Ward School 48 “The Classroom,” Mathis Mexican Ward School 48 Orange Grove High School 49 Orange Grove Elementary School 49 Orange Grove Mexican Ward School 50 “Open Privy,” Orange Grove Mexican Ward School 50 Sandia Elementary School 51 Sandia Mexican Ward School 51 Manon Rice Funeral Home building, 2002 57 Detroit Free Press cartoon 81 Beatrice, Adela, and Felix Longoria 90 Tom and Jane Kennedy 92 LBJ’s Senate inauguration celebration 95 Dr. Héctor P. García and American G.I. Forum members at a World War II serviceman’s funeral 111 Family members with Felix Longoria’s casket 188 ...