Image
Date
unspecified year in 194X
Description
Photograph of Mexican American students of Southside Elementary School study and learn together in a segregated classroom.
Physical Form
Extent
6 x 6 cm.
Identifier
SC_100-SMDR-1950s-038_009
Rights
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Source
Special Collections and Archives - San Marcos Daily Record Photographic Negatives
Note
From negative envelope: "Latino. School 3/45"
Date was previously stated as 1945/03 but is not verified since the Southside Elementary School was officially founded in 1949. From Texas Historical Landmark at Southside Elementary School location: "During the first half of the 20th century, San Marcos, like most communities across the United States, segregated its school facilities. Mexican-American children were first taught in a school building previously used by the community's African-American students in 1901. During the next thirty years, students were educated in several structures around San Marcos. In the summer of 1948, the city approved a bond that would build a new facility for Mexican-American children. That same summer, members of the Mexican-American community petitioned the board of trustees to integrate public schools, believing the new school building would perpetuate segregation. In spite of this protest, Southside School was completed in 1949."