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Record Nr.

UNINA9910957738803321

Autore

Sepulveda Juan

Titolo

The life and times of Willie Velasquez : su voto es su voz / / by Juan A. Sepulveda, Jr. ; with a preface by Henry G. Cisneros and an editor's note by Henry A.J. Ramos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Houston, : Arte Publico Press, c2003

ISBN

9781611922066

1611922062

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (433 p.)

Collana

The Hispanic civil rights series

Disciplina

323/.092

B

Soggetti

Mexican Americans

Civil rights workers - United States

Political activists - United States

Mexican Americans - Civil rights - Southwest, New - History - 20th century

Mexican Americans - Suffrage - Southwest, New - History - 20th century

Hispanic Americans - Civil rights - History - 20th century

Hispanic Americans - Politics and government - 20th century

Southwest, New Politics and government 20th century

Southwest, New Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Foreword""; ""Editor's Note""; ""Author's Note and Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1""; ""Chapter 2""; ""Chapter 3""; ""Chapter 4""; ""Chapter 5""; ""Chapter 6""; ""Chapter 7""; ""Chapter 8""; ""Chapter 9""; ""Chapter 10""; ""Chapter 11""; ""Chapter 12""; ""Chapter 13""; ""Chapter 14""; ""Chapter 15""; ""Chapter 16""; ""Chapter 17""; ""Chapter 18""; ""Chapter 19""; ""Chapter 20""; ""Chapter 21""; ""Chapter 22""; ""Chapter 23""; ""Epilogue""

Sommario/riassunto

Cultural Writing. Biography. Latino/Latina Studies. William C. "Willie" Velasquez, Jr. founded the Southwest Voter Registration and Education Project (SVREP) and was an influential participant in other leading Latino



rights and justice groups, including the Mexican American Youth Organization and the Mexican American Unity Council. From teh late 1960s until his untimely death in 1988, Velasquez helped Mexican Americans and other Hispanics become active participants in American political life. Although still insufficiently appreciated, Velasquez holds a unique status in the pantheon of modern American civil rights figures. "Few American leaders have had as much long term impact on a people ot the political system as Willie Velasquez. His efforts at SVREP and elsewhere helped to transform American political democracy and inclusiveness for Hispanic Americans and others in ways that many in American politics are only now beginning to comprehend"--Raul Yzaguirre.