On January 5, 1931, Mexican students were turned away from the Lemon Grove Grammar School and were told to attend a barnyard for school. As a result, the Mexican community gathered and faced off with the school board, in Roberto Alvarez v. the Board of Trustees of the Lemon Grove School District, and won. This became known as "The Lemon Grove Incident.”

On this episode, Carmen tells Cristina about this historic case

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Sources
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/lemon-grove-incident/https://sandiegohistory.org/journal/1986/april/lemongrove/

Documentary: 

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When Gonzalo and Felicitas Mendez, both US citizens tried to enroll their children to the 17th street school in Westminster, CA, they were denied. They were told 17th street school was for White children only and their children had to attend the Mexican school 10 blocks away. The Mendez family would not stand for this and they recruited four other parents from local school districts for a federal court case challenging school segregation.

The Mendez, et al. v. Westminster School District of Orange County case is important for the precedent it set for later court cases, like Brown v. Board of Education, but it is a strong example of the Mexican American community taking the lead to fight for their rights.

On this episode, Cristina tells Carmen about this historic case. 


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https://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/educational-activities/background-mendez-v-westminster-re-enactment
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/mendez-v-westminster/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendez_v._Westminster
https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/tn-wknd-et-0417-sylvia-mendez-70-anniversary-20160417-story.html
https://sylviamendezinthemendezvswestminster.com/aboutus.html
https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/setting-the-precedent-mendez-et-al-v-westminster-school-district-of-orange-county-et-al-and-the-us-courthouse-and-post-office.htm
https://guides.loc.gov/latinx-civil-rights/mendez-v-westminster
https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2014/05/before-brown-v-board-of-education-there-was-mendez-v-westminster/?loclr=blogtea
https://www.publichealthlawcenter.org/sites/default/files/resources/phlc-fs-amicus.pdf
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/amicus_curiae
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Mendez

The US Navy tried to take over the island of Culebra, but after years being displaced and harmed, the Culebrenses fought back. This is the story of how the US Navy was kicked out of Culebra Island.

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Sources

https://youtu.be/Sutl41skt5I?si=6sPjsv_SJjpREmGn 
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-tanks-of-flamenco-beach-culebra-puerto-rico 
https://theatlasnews.co/conflict/2022/09/16/on-island-of-culebra-us-navy-bombings-leave-scars/ 
https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/puerto-ricans-expel-united-states-navy-culebra-island-1970-1974
https://usace.contentdm.oclc.org/utils/getfile/collection/p16021coll7/id/19665 
https://cafe.com/article/the-navy-is-a-ghost-puerto-rican-rights-and-the-1970s-battle-for-culebra/ 
Book mentioned: Target Culebra by Richard D. Copaken

El 28 de enero de 1917, Carmelita Torres, de diecisiete años, se negó a bajarse del tranvía en el puente de Santa Fe y seguir a los funcionarios de salud estadounidenses hasta un baño químico. 30 mujeres la siguieron. Pronto, esas 30 se convirtieron en cientas y luego en miles. Esto se llamaría "los motines de los banos" y duró 2 días. Los periódicos se referían a las mujeres como amazonas y llamaban a Carmelita Torres la amazona pelirroja. No se sabe mucho sobre ella, pero inspiró a miles.

En este episodio, Cristina le cuenta a Carmen sobro Carmelita Torres y la practica de banos quimicos en la frontera. 

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Sources

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/bath-riots

Ringside Seat to a Revolution: An Underground Cultural History of El Paso and Juarez: 1893-1923 by David Dorado Romo. 2005. 

https://www.historians.org/research-and-publications/perspectives-on-history/summer-2022/from-bath-riots-to-blocking-asylum-public-health-and-race-at-the-us-mexico-border

https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/el-paso-bath-house-riots-1917

The worst plane crash in California history happened in 1948, in Los Gatos. 32 died. 28 of those 32 were Mexican workers who were being deported. These workers were all put in a mass grave together and the grave was marked with the words “Mexican Nationals”. 

On today's episode, Cristina tells Carmen about this tragic crash and one person's journey to give them back their names. 

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Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Los_Gatos_DC-3_crash
https://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/Deportee_1948_crash.htm
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/plane-wreck-at-los-gatos/
https://www.kqed.org/news/11512311/immortalized-by-woody-guthrie-deportees-who-died-in-plane-crash-are-nameless-no-longer
https://www.unco.edu/colorado-oral-history-migratory-labor-project/pdf/Bracero_Program_PowerPoint.pdf
https://guides.loc.gov/latinx-civil-rights/bracero-program
They Call You Back: A Lost History, A Search, A Memoir by Tim Z. Hernandez

Martin Sostre was a pioneer for prison reform and prisoner rights. His fight against the injustices he faced as a prisoner helped secure rights for all prisoners, and continue to be an inspiration for those resisting the prison-industrial complex. 

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https://www.instagram.com/p/C9asvdCS5HL/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng%3D%3D 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4Y0n1uvgLA&t=436s 
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/04/14/507297469/how-one-inmate-changed-the-prison-system-from-the-inside
 https://www.martinsostre.com/ 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Sostre

El 18 de Noviembre, la policia toco la puerta de un jogar privado en Cuidad Mexico. Se encontraron con 41 hombres, la mitad vestidos como mujeres y fue un escandalo. Se conoce como el Baile de Los 41. Este es el primer episodio que Carmen y Cristina intentan en Espanol (empieza en minuto 04:26). Gracias por escuchar!

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https://qspirit.net/dance-of-the-41-queers/ https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2021/05/el-baile-de-los-41-the-homosexual-party-that-scandalized-mexico-at-the-beginning-of-the-20th-century/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_of_the_Forty-One https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignacio_de_la_Torre_y_Mier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palacio_del_Marqu%C3%A9s_del_Apartado https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian_I_of_Mexico https://web.archive.org/web/20071130032556/http://www.islaternura.com/APLAYA/HOMOenHISTORIA/HomoHistoria2005/Los%2041%20en%20mexico/En%20el%20centenario%20de%20los%2041%20Diciembre2005.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Adalid https://www.history.com/news/dance-of-41-mexico-gay-history https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2021/05/14/el-baile-de-los-41-real-o-leyenda-urbana/ https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-38563731

Cornelius Rhoads was an esteemed cancer researcher, known as the father of chemotherapy. He was on the cover of Time in 1949 and The American Association for Cancer Research used to give out an award in his honor. But before all that, he was the subject of a racist scandal that left a stain in Puerto Rico. Where he is still remembered as a monster.

In this episode, Cristina tells Carmen about the doctor remembered as a monster in Puerto Rico and a hero in the Unites States.

Carmen and Cristina will be at the True Crime and Paranormal Podcast Festival in Denver, CO this weekend 7/12 to 7/14/24, get tickets here: https://truecrimepodcastfestival.com/tickets/

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Sources
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius_P._Rhoads
https://archive.org/details/dr.-rhoads-cleared-of-porto-rico-plot-feb-5-1932/mode/1up https://www.wnyc.org/people/cornelius-rhoads/
https://www.npr.org/2019/09/23/763323794/the-complicated-relationship-between-puerto-rico-and-u-s-mainland
How To Hide An Empire by Daniel Immerwahr (main source)

On November 17, 1901 a societal scandal changed LGBTQ history in Mexico forever. Police raided a secret dance in Mexico City, where 42 of Mexican's elite men were caught in an all man party. Half the men were dressed as women. The official number put out by the government was 41, because the 42nd attendee and organizer was said to be President Porfirio Diaz' son in law Ignacio de la Torre y Mier. The number 41 was never the same.

 In this episode, Cristina tells Carmen about this epic scandal in Mexican history.

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https://qspirit.net/dance-of-the-41-queers/ https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2021/05/el-baile-de-los-41-the-homosexual-party-that-scandalized-mexico-at-the-beginning-of-the-20th-century/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_of_the_Forty-One https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignacio_de_la_Torre_y_Mier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palacio_del_Marqu%C3%A9s_del_Apartado https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian_I_of_Mexico https://web.archive.org/web/20071130032556/http://www.islaternura.com/APLAYA/HOMOenHISTORIA/HomoHistoria2005/Los%2041%20en%20mexico/En%20el%20centenario%20de%20los%2041%20Diciembre2005.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Adalid
https://www.history.com/news/dance-of-41-mexico-gay-history https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2021/05/14/el-baile-de-los-41-real-o-leyenda-urbana/ https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-38563731

Lorena Borjas was known as the mother of the trans Latinx community in Queens, New York. After a life of activism, she passed in 2020 from COVID, but her legacy lives on. 

In this episode, Carmen tells Cristina about Lorena's life, activism and legacy.

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https://lambdalegal.org/blogs/us_20231010_queer-latinx-leaders-who-paved-the-way/  https://qptv.org/content/queens-stories-story-lorena-borjas-transgender-latina-activist  https://transgenderlawcenter.org/case/lorena-borjas/  https://www.ourvoicesarefree.org/founder  https://www.amidacareny.org/transgender-awareness-week-honoring-lorena-borjas/  https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-signs-legislation-honor-lgbtq-pride-month-and-empowers-new-york-state-agencies 
https://www.them.us/story/lorena-borjas-mother-of-queens-trans-latinx-community-died-coronavirus 
https://www.them.us/story/out-on-the-frontlines-liaam-winslet-lorena-borjas