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Index Page numbers in italic type refer to illustrations 159 Abilene, Kansas, 10 accommodation, 77, 103 acculturation of Mexican Americans, 27 Acevedo, Rev. Cayetano, 55 ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union), 56 ACSC (American Citizens’ Social Club), 77–85, 94, 97, 101, 103, 104, 123 ACSCI (American Citizens’ Social Club Incorporated), 84 ACWA (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America), 78, 88–90, 127 Adams, Aquilla, 73 AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children), 112 AFL-CIO, 89 African Americans: as freedmen, 7; in contrast to Mexican Americans, ix–x; occupations of 14 AGIF (American G. I. Forum), 23, 35, 56, 57, 78, 85–88, 94, 97, 101, 103, 104, 106, 123, 127; Ladies Auxiliary, 86 agricultural production, 12. See also cotton production ALCOA (Aluminum Company of America ), 17 Alinsky, Saul, 46, 78 Allred, James V., 104 American society, structure of, xv Anglo Americans: as friends, ix; coexistence with, xii Anglo domination: Mexican American challenges to, xix; of society, 3 anti-communism, xvi Aransas County, Texas, 10 Armstrong, A. Willis, 111, 113, 114, 116 Artero, John, 60, 70, 71, 76, 102, 104 assimilation: goals of, xi; of Mexican Americans, 126; of the author, x at-large electoral structure. See voting attitudes: Anglos toward Mexicans, ix, x, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 22; in public schools, 50, 56; Mexican Americans toward government, 63 Baass, Alfred, 119 Ballet Folklorico, 36–41, 126 Barrio, 19 Bastrop Independent School District (BISD), 57 Beall’s Department Store, 89 Benavides, Plácido, 5 Benavides, Ysidore, 8 Bennett, Stephen, 74–75 Bentson, Lloyd, 62 bicultural identity. See identity black bean incident, 8 Black Legend, 7 blacks. See African Americans Blanton, Annie Webb, 52 “blowouts,” 107 Bonilla, Rubén, 92, 95 Borrego, Alfred, 86 Boy’s Club, 96 Bravo, Manuel, 100 Breech, Gary, 123 Briscoe, Dolph, 109–10 Brown, J. E. “Buster,” 122 Brown v. Board of Education, 50, 58 Bryant, Vaughn, 20 CAC (Citizens’ Advisory Committee), 113 Callis, C. R., 63 Camargo, Mexico, 8 Cameron County, 100 Cano, Jesse, 115 Cano, Martín, 61, 102, 107 Cantú, Pete, 84, 111, 112, 115 capitalism, rejection of, xi Carbajal, José M. 5 Care Inn South, 91–92 Carsner, C. C., 113, 114, 116 Castillo, Ralph, 84 Catholic church, xxiv; Catholic faith, 24; Mexican and Mexican American Catholics, 14; relationship to Mexican Americans, xxiv, 25, 33; vehicle for expression of identity, 44 Catholicism, 126 Catholic Southwest, xiii Catholic War Veterans, 35–36, 47; Ladies Auxiliary, 36 Catholic Youth Organization, 36–41, 47, 48, 126 cattle. See ranching CCD (Confraternity of Christian Doctrine ), 45 Centralist party of Mexico, 5 Chamber of Commerce, 88 Chandler, C. O., 62, 63 Charter Revision Committee of Victoria, 114 Chávez, César, xix, 105 Chicanismo, xxv, 43 Chicano generation, 106 Chicano movement, xvii, xxii, 105 Christianity, xvii citizens, “acceptable and unacceptable”, 10 Citizens’ Advisory Committee. See CAC Citizenship: definition of, x; ideological components of, xii, xvi; mainstream definitions of, x, xvi, xvii, xxi, 3, 48; Mexican American definitions of, xv, xvii–xix, xxiii, 87; requirements of, xi Civil Rights Act of 1964, 61, 75 civil rights movement: xvi Civil War, 11 class: distinctions, 13; lack of consciousness among Mexican Americans, xviii, xx, xxv Club Westerner, 21 Cold War, effects on definitions of citizenship , xvi Colella, Father David, 46 Coleman, James, Jr., 113 Colorado, battleship, 34 color blind society, xi communism, xvi; fear of subversion, 3 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. See CCD Conjunto. See music consensualism, xix, xx, xxii, xvii–xviii consumerism, xvi corn production, 12 Corpus Christi, Texas, 11, 45, 69, 117 Corpus Christi Caller Times, 108 Cós, Martin Perfecto de, 5 cotton production, 10, 12 Council of Defense, 15 Cox, Judge Owen D., 66, 69, 119 Crain Jr. High School, 60, 61 Crimm, Ana Carolina Castillo, 7 Criollo, 17 cross-class consensus, xviii Crystal City, Texas, 106 Cuero, Texas, 11 culture, Mexican American, xxi cultural deficiencies among Mexican Americans, 27 Index 160 [44.222.104.49] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 03:07 GMT) Cursillo, 42, 47 Czechoslovakian immigrants, 24 Dabney, Jean, 91 Dallas, Texas, 47 Daniel, Price, 57 Davis, Arnold, 72 Dawson, Roger, 111 DeAnda, James, 57 Declaration of Indpendence, 23 DeLeón club, 78, 95–98 DeLeón, Félix, 17 DeLeón, Fernando, 5 DeLeón, Martín, 4, 17, 24; empresario colony, 4; family, 6 DeLeón, Silvestre, 5 DeLeón, Wence, 116 Delgado, Carlos, 54–56 Delgado, Daniel, 88 Del Rio, Anita, 94 democracy, 41 Democratic Party, 99, 120, 121, 123, 124 Department of Justice...