LEADER 04260nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910960282803321 005 20250704120956.0 010 $a9781611926668 010 $a1611926661 010 $a9781611922158 010 $a1611922151 035 $a(CKB)2670000000185828 035 $a(OCoLC)794492142 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10555577 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000652851 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12269301 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000652851 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10651367 035 $a(PQKB)11341894 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3115139 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3115139 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10555577 035 $a(OCoLC)922965759 035 $a(Perlego)2968713 035 $a(MiFhGG)9781611922158 035 $a(NyNyDIG)DIGARTEP0070 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000185828 100 $a20041018d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe making of a civil rights leader /$fJose Angel Gutierrez 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aHouston, TX $cPinata Books$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (133 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9781558854512 311 08$a1558854517 327 $aIntro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Three Me's -- Learning -- Cooking -- Professor and Lawyer -- Travel -- Reading and Writing -- Migrants and Immigrants -- Politics. 330 8 $aBorn in 1944, Jose? Angel Gutie?rrez grew up in a time when Mexicans and Mexican Americans in Texas and the Southwest attended separate schools and avoided public facilities and restaurants that were designated "Whites Only." Despite the limits of segregation and rural culture in Texas, the passion to learn and to educate others, as well as to undo injustice, burned in his belly from an early age. Gutie?rrez offers portraits of his early influences, from his father's own pursuit of knowledge and political involvement, to his Mexican pre-school teacher's dedication to bilingual-bicultural education which did not exist in public schools at that time, and to his mother's courage and persistence, taking up migrant field work to provide for her family after the death of young Gutie?rrez's father. In this intensely narrated memoir, Gutie?rrez details his rise from being beaten down by racist political and agricultural interests in South Texas to his leadership role in the Chicano civil rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Complemented by photos from his personal archives, Gutie?rrez recalls his struggle for education, his early baptism in grass-roots political organizing, and his success in creating one of history's most successful third party movements, La Raza Unida Party. Along the way, Gutie?rrez earned college and law degrees, as well as a Ph. D. in Political Science. He was elected or appointed to school boards, commissions, judgeships and party chairmanships, all with the single-minded purpose of extending equality to Mexican Americans and other minorities in the United States. Through his tireless efforts, he crossed paths with African American and Native American civil rights leaders, Mexican presidents, and other international figures. 606 $aCivil rights workers$zTexas$zCrystal City$vBiography 606 $aMexican Americans$xCivil rights$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aMexican Americans$xCivil rights$zTexas$zCrystal City$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aMexican Americans$zTexas$zCrystal City$vBiography 606 $aPolitical activists$zTexas$zCrystal City$vBiography 607 $aCrystal City (Tex.)$vBiography 607 $aCrystal City (Tex.)$xEthnic relations 615 0$aCivil rights workers 615 0$aMexican Americans$xCivil rights$xHistory 615 0$aMexican Americans$xCivil rights$xHistory 615 0$aMexican Americans 615 0$aPolitical activists 676 $a976.4/437063/092 B 700 $aGutierrez$b Jose Angel$0422808 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910960282803321 996 $aThe making of a civil rights leader$94367754 997 $aUNINA