White but not equal
Subtitle: Mexican Americans, jury discrimination, and the Supreme Court
By: Ignacio M. García.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Tucson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780816527502; 9780816527519
Subjects: Hernández, Pete -- Trials, litigation, etc; Trials (Murder) -- Texas -- Jackson County; Race discrimination -- Texas -- Jackson County; Jury selection -- United States; Jackson County (Tex.) -- Trials, litigation, etc
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pete, his lawyers, and "the town" that discriminated; title: "The Mexican people are of the same race"; title: Caucasian cloak : Mexicans "white" for judicial conveniences; title: "May God permit you triumph in this most grand of campaigns"; title: "There must be a white man in the wood pile"; title: Lamentation, deportation, and integration for "Mexicans"; title: A differentiated class, not a class apart; title: A victory for "every living soul".