Bereavement, Racism, and the Rise of Mexican American Activism
by
Patrick Carroll
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Private First Class Felix Longoria earned a Bronze Service Star, a Purple Heart, a Good Conduct Medal, and a Combat Infantryman's badge for service in the Philippines during World War II. Yet the only funeral parlor in his hometown of Three Rivers, Texas, refused to hold a wake for the slain soldier...