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Classroom in Mexican Ward System

60-210-16 (untitled)
Accession Number
60-210-16
5x7 inches (13x18 cm)
Black & White
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Related Collection
White House Central Files: Official File
Keywords
Schools
Segregation in education
Labor camps
HST Keywords
Texas, Mathis; Schools - Mexican Ward School
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Description
Classroom in the Main building of the Mexican Ward School in a labor camp in Mathis, Texas. Notice the blackboard is the only thing on the wall, the study table is homemade and inadequate, and the alphabet is backwards. This photo was sent to President Harry S. Truman by Hector Garcia of the League of United Latin American Citizens.
Date(s)
May 1948