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Muchachos Latinos and Girls – Need not apply!
About two months before the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson the Brownsville Herald took advantage of the opportunity to run a subscription drive/contest for all Valley boys. On January 1913, the year Wilson won the presidency, the daily extended an invitation to all boys to participate in securing 50 subscriptions, and those that did – were rewarded with a trip to Washington D.C.
One major rule though, excluded Hispanics and girls from participating. The Herald published the given article… you can read the rest of the story, “Herald’s Inaugural Trip for Boys.”
Area youngsters that applied at the time of the publication date included the following:
Brownsville: Lambert Cain, Preston Smith, Francis Kowalski, Robert Rutledge, Fernando Leiva (not known if he was Hispanic) and John Stark
San Benito: Fenton Caldwell, Randal Symonds, Roy Smith and Bouldin Mothershead
Harlingen: Roland Ogan, Danna Ford, Stanley Ford Jr.
The Herald was not racist – they were only preserving the tradition that was prevalent during that era. (Notice that the president-elect's name is misspelled on second reference (Willson).
Blacks didn't fare much better in the Brownsville School District. Segregated to poor schools, the "coloreds" were treated "separate but equal," or so the establishment liked to say.
Was it Jim Crow that kept the Brownsville Colored School apart? The photo above was published in the Screaming Eagles (BHS paper) 1952. Despite the discriminatory practices of the times, the music group went on to win several UIL awards. Still yearn for those glory days of our "heritage?"
9 comments:
That's what trump wants to go back to. Pinches pendejos glad that cascos lost
It was not racism nor laws that held "hispanic" children back. It was ignorance! Born into homes of ignorant parents who in turn were born into ignorant homes. One of the side effects of WWII was the GI Bill which allowed "hispanic" GIs to attend school, cure ignorance and move ahead.
Your mission to blame the gringo racism for everything negative in "hispanic" history is Quixotic at best, foolish at it's worse. You seem to be unable to look at your own culture and call balls and strikes in that game.
You'd think someone who uses the word "Quixotic" would know when to use "worse" and "worst" properly.
And yes, this is what Trump wants America to be. Make America Great Again? More like Make America White Again.
I'm sure he longs for the days signs downtown read, "DOGS AND MEXICANS NOT ALLOWED."
you ate a lot of paint chips as a child didnt you 12:34
Why do you even ask? You were there with me 2:43 PM.
Yes Cascos lost, same as your "wanna be" hispanic...Beto...now what??
troll answering himself estupido gringo reputocanico
blog author takes days to post so how can you answer posts that have not been posted ESTUPIDO
The picture looks more like the Fisk Jubilee Singers
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