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Record Nr.

UNINA9910972158103321

Autore

Garcia Ignacio M

Titolo

Hector P. Garcia : in relentless pursuit of justice / / by Ignacio M. Garcia ; foreword by Henry A.J. Ramos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Houston, TX, : Arte Publico Press, c2002

ISBN

9781611921724

1611921724

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (432 p.)

Collana

The Hispanic civil rights series

Disciplina

973/.046872/0092

B

Soggetti

Mexican Americans

Civil rights workers - United States

Political activists - United States

Mexican Americans - Civil rights - History - 20th century

Mexican Americans - Politics and government - 20th century

Mexican Americans - Civil rights - Texas, South - History - 20th century

Texas, South Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-363) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Coming to -- An Excellent Education -- A Desire to Serve My Country -- Barrio Americanism: Constructing a VeteransÌ Movement -- The Felix Longoria Incident -- The Beginning of a Protracted Struggle -- The Fifties: Best of Times, Worst of Times -- Unity as Politics but No Unity in Politics -- From the Halls of D. C. to the Barrios of Aztl n -- Lifelong Pursuit of Justice -- Bibliographical Note -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Hector P. Garcia: In Relentless Pursuit of Justice is the first definitive, superbly researched and documented biography of the founder of the American GI Forum. This is an objective appraisal of the successes and failures of the political, social and personal issues that he and the American GI Forum confronted during his lifetime.