Manuel Villegas with Boy Scout troop

Item

Title

Manuel Villegas with Boy Scout troop

Identifier

2022.006.039

Type

image

Description

"Manuel Villegas, standing behind the second row of his Boy Scout troop, was an educator, health, and fitness advocate, and Olympic-class weight lifter. Villegas influenced a generation of young men and women with his determination and courage as he broke color barriers at locally segregated institutions before and after World War II. Known to all as 'Manny,' Villegas was a popular schoolteacher who donated much time to community service." (Vasquez and Carpio, 34) The Boy Scout troop pictured was for Mexican children while Redlands had another troop for white children this example of segregation was one that was seen in public pools, local barbershops, and other places in Redlands.

Subject

Segregation
Community life in Redlands
Entertainment and Leisure Activities
Civil Rights Activism

Spatial Coverage

Redlands (Calif.)

Temporal Coverage

1930s-1940s

Creator

unknown

Date

1940s

Contributor

Inland Mexican Heritage, Bob Garcia

Format

.tif

Language

English

Rights

Copyright Undetermined

Relation

Bibliographic Citation

Vasquez, Antonio Gonzalez, and Genevieve Carpio. Mexican Americans in Redlands. Charleston, S.C: Arcadia Publishing, 2012, 34.

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