Felix Longoria's Wake: Bereavement, Racism, and the Rise of Mexican American Activism PUB20140707 Published: 03/18/2014

Published: 03/18/2014

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Felix Longoria's Wake: Bereavement, Racism, and the Rise of Mexican American Activism PUB20140707 Published: 03/18/2014Winner, 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 discrimination became