Felix Longoria Affair

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Felix_Longoria_Affair

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:cause	racial discrimination
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	gptkb:Felix_Longoria_Veterans_of_Foreign_Wars_Post historical markers in Texas
gptkbp:date	1949
gptkbp:describes	Refusal by a funeral home in Three Rivers, Texas, to allow the wake of Felix Longoria, a Mexican-American WWII soldier, due to his ethnicity.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Felix Longoria Affair
gptkbp:involvedIn	gptkb:Dr._Hector_P._Garcia gptkb:Felix_Longoria gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson gptkb:Beatrice_Longoria
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Three_Rivers,_Texas
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	gptkb:The_New_York_Times gptkb:Corpus_Christi_Caller-Times gptkb:San_Antonio_Express
gptkbp:organization	gptkb:U.S._House_of_Representatives gptkb:Texas_House_of_Representatives gptkb:American_G.I._Forum
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:World_War_II segregation in the United States Mexican-American civil rights
gptkbp:result	Felix Longoria buried at Arlington National Cemetery
gptkbp:significance	Catalyst for Mexican-American civil rights movement
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:American_GI_Forum
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6