George I. Sánchez : The Long Fight for Mexican American Integration / Carlos Kevin Blanton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blanton, Carlos Kevin, 1970- Author.

Series:

Lamar series in western history.

The Lamar Series in Western History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sánchez, George Isidore, 1906-1972.

Sánchez, George Isidore.

Mexican American political activists--Biography.

Mexican American political activists.

Intellectuals--United States--Biography.

Intellectuals.

Social reformers--United States--Biography.

Social reformers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

George I. Sánchez was a reformer, activist, and intellectual, and one of the most influential members of the "Mexican American Generation" (1930-1960). A professor of education at the University of Texas from the beginning of World War II until the early 1970s, Sánchez was an outspoken proponent of integration and assimilation. He spent his life combating racial prejudice while working with such organizations as the ACLU and LULAC in the fight to improve educational and political opportunities for Mexican Americans. Yet his fervor was not always appreciated by those for whom he advocated, and some of his more unpopular stands made him a polarizing figure within the Latino community.Carlos Blanton has published the first biography of this complex man of notable contradictions. The author honors Sánchez's efforts, hitherto mostly unrecognized, in the struggle for equal opportunity, while not shying away from his subject's personal faults and foibles. The result is a long-overdue portrait of a towering figure in mid-twentieth-century America and the all-important cause to which he dedicated his life: Mexican American integration.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION 1906-1930

NEW MEXICO SCHOOLS AND NEW DEAL POLITICS 1930-1935

EXILE, RECOGNITION, AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT 1935-1940

SÁNCHEZ'S WAR OF IDEAS 1940-1944

SÁNCHEZ'S WAR OF ACTIVISM 1940-1944

SÁNCHEZ'S WAR OF SURVIVAL AND HIS TRANSFORMATIONS 1944-1949

POLITICS AND THE MEXICAN AMERICAN GENERATION

MEXICAN AMERICANS AND THE IMMIGRATION ISSUE

SEGREGATED SCHOOLS AND PERCEPTIONS OF INEQUALITY

MEXICAN AMERICAN RACIAL IDENTITY, WHITENESS, AND CIVIL RIGHTS

SÁNCHEZ IN CAMELOT AND THE GREAT SOCIETY 1960-1967

CHICANISMO AND OLD AGE 1967-1972

EPILOGUE

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780300210422

0300210426

OCLC:

899212542