Photograph of high school cafeteria in Orange Grove, Texas. Annotation reads "Cafeteria in Orange Grove adjacent to high school." Two men are standing outside the cafeteria building. Photograph identifier sanora06.
Creator/Contributor:
Sánchez, George Isidore, 1906-1972 (collector)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1940s
Owning Repository:
Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, The University of Texas at Austin
negatives (photographs), still image, and photographs
Rights - Use and Reproduction:
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Language:
not applicable
Topic:
Discrimination in education--Texas, Mexican Americans, Mexican American children--Education--Texas, Public schools--Texas, and School buildings--Texas
Place Name:
Orange Grove (Tex.)
Geographic Coverage:
United States (country), Texas (state), and Jim Wells County (county)
General Note:
Part of Series V. Photographs, 1930s-1966 of the George I. Sánchez Papers. Photographs documenting conditions in schools for Mexican American children as part of "A Study of the Educational Opportunities Provided Spanish-Name Children in Ten Texas School Systems" by Virgil E. Strickland and George I. Sánchez (1948). This study preceded a successful District Court decision, Delgado v. Bastrop ISD, which led to desegregation of Texas schools for Mexican American children.
Citation Note:
George I. Sánchez Papers, Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, The University of Texas at Austin