White but not equal : Mexican Americans, jury discrimination, and the Supreme Court / Ignacio M. García.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

García, Ignacio M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hernández, Pete--Trials, litigation, etc.

Hernández, Pete.

Race discrimination.

Trials (Murder).

Jackson County (Tex.)--Trials, litigation, etc.

Jackson County (Tex.).

Trials (Murder)--Texas--Jackson County.

Race discrimination--Texas--Jackson County.

Jury selection--United States.

Jury selection.

United States.

Texas--Jackson County.

Physical Description:

xii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2009]

Contents:

Pete, his lawyers, and "the town" that discriminated

"The Mexican people are of the same race"

Caucasian cloak : Mexicans "white" for judicial conveniences

"May God permit you triumph in this most grand of campaigns"

"There must be a white man in the wood pile"

Lamentation, deportation, and integration for "Mexicans"

A differentiated class, not a class apart

A victory for "every living soul".

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-234) and index.

ISBN:

9780816527502

0816527504

9780816527519

0816527512

OCLC:

227015880