Felix Longoria's Wake: Bereavement, Racism, and the Rise of Mexican American Activism

by Patrick Carroll and Patrick J. Carroll

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Winner, Tullis Prize, Texas State Historical Association, 2004

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 because "the whites would not like it." Almost overnight, this act of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292712499
• ISBN13: 9780292712492
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 9.1"