Racial tension between residents of Rio Grande City and black soldiers of Troop D, Ninth Cavalry stationed at Fort Ringgold escalated following the October 16, 1899 shooting of two soldiers after a gambling dispute. The two injured soldiers were…
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A newspaper article about a case where cotton pickers were sent to jail. In the case, the workers argued that it was a peonage case, but in the article the jail time was justified and not peonage. Sheriff Raymond teller and other officials were…
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Caption: Participating in the shot put and discus events for the girls' team this year were left to right Iris Garza, Dianne Seitz, Lela Riley and Rosalinda Balderas. Not shown is Karen Stuart.
The purpose of this lesson is to reinforce students’ understandings of reasons for nonviolent strikes, while also promoting the peaceful collaboration of different racial and ethnic groups, as expressed by the Filipino and Mexican farm workers…