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Leaders of the Mexican American generation : biographical essays / Anthony Quiroz.

Quiroz, Anthony, 1958-
2014
E184.M5 Q58 2014
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Title
Leaders of the Mexican American generation : biographical essays / Anthony Quiroz.
Author
Quiroz, Anthony, 1958-
ISBN
9781607323372 (electronic bk.)
1607323370 (electronic bk.)
9781607323365 (cloth)
1607323362
Publication Details
Boulder, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2014]
Language
English
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In English.
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E184.M5 Q58 2014
Summary
"Leaders of the Mexican American Generation explores the lives of a wide range of influential members of the US Mexican American community between 1920 and 1965 who paved the way for major changes in their social, political, and economic status within the United States. Including feminist Alice Dickerson Montemayor, to San Antonio attorney Gus García, and labor activist and scholar Ernesto Galarza, the subjects of these biographies include some of the most prominent idealists and actors of the time. Whether debating in a court of law, writing for a major newspaper, producing reports for governmental agencies, organizing workers, holding public office, or otherwise shaping space for the Mexican American identity in the United States, these subjects embody the core values and diversity of their generation. More than a chronicle of personalities who left their mark on Mexican American history, Leaders of the Mexican American Generation cements these individuals as major players in the history of activism and civil rights in the United States. It is a rich collection of historical biographies that will enlighten and enliven our understanding of Mexican American history."--Publisher's description.
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Foreward / Arnoldo De León
Preface
Introduction / Anthony Quiroz
Intellectuals and ethnic consciousness
José de la Luz Sáenz: experiences and autobiographical consciousness / Emilio Zamora
Alice Dickerson Montemayor: feminism and Mexican American politics in the 1930s / Cynthia E. Orozco
Alonso S. Perales: the voice and visions of a citizen intellectual / Richard A. Garcia
Jovita González Mireles: Texas folklorist, historian, educator / María Eugenia Cotera
Of poetics and politics: the border journeys of Luisa Moreno / Vicki L. Ruiz
Separate Tejano/Texans worlds: the Félix Longoria controversy, racism, and patriotism in post-WWII South Texas / Patrick J. Carroll
Legal, political, and labor activists
Dr. Héctor Pérez García: giant of the twentieth century / Carl Allsup
" I can see no alternative except to battle it out in court: : Gus García and the spirit of the Mexican American generation / Anthony Quiroz
Mr. LULAC: the fabulous life of John J. Herrera / Thomas H. Kreneck
Vicente Ximenes and LBJ's great society: the rhetorical imagination of the American GI Forum / Michelle Hall Kells
Ralph Estrada and the war against racial prejudice in Arizona / Laura K. Muñoz
"Vale más la revolución que viene" : Ernesto Galarza and transnational scholar activism / Julie Leininger Pycior
Edward R. Roybal: latino political pioneer and coalition builder / Kenneth C. Burt
Conclusion / Anthony Quiroz
List of contributors
Index.

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