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Jul 27, 2017 · On July 27, Garcia’s birthday, it’s worth taking a look at the life of this legal pioneer – and considering how his legacy shaped the Latino civil rights movement.
Jul 4, 2017 · On July 27, Garcia’s birthday, it’s worth taking a look at the life of this legal pioneer – and considering how his legacy shaped the Latino civil rights movement. In 1954, Garcia was part of a legal team that took the Hernandez v. Texas case to the Supreme Court and established the right of Mexican-Americans to serve on juries.
Gustavo "Gus" C. Garcia (July 27, 1915 – June 3, 1964) was an American civil rights attorney. Garcia worked with fellow attorney Carlos Cadena in the landmark case Hernández v. Texas (1954), arguing before the US Supreme Court for the end of a practice of systematic exclusion of Hispanics from jury service in Jackson County, Texas.
Jan 1, 1995 · Gustavo (Gus) C. Garcia, Mexican-American civil-rights lawyer, was born on July 27, 1915, in Laredo to Alfredo and Maria Teresa (Arguindegui) Garcia. The family moved to San Antonio, where Garcia attended Catholic and public schools and graduated as the first valedictorian from Thomas Jefferson High in 1932. He received an academic scholarship ...
Mar 13, 2015 · However, perhaps the best example of Garcia's impact on society can be seen through Gus Garcia Day, an annual holiday celebrated in the city of Austin on July 27th, Garcia's birthday...
Jul 18, 2013 · Mexicans Ain't White: The Gus Garcia Story. What evidence did he present, which metaphors did he use, which rhetorical strategies did he utilize for his legal argument that swayed the United States Supreme Court to finally recognize us and ensure that we would be granted all the rights and privileges guaranteed by the Constitution?
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Newspaper article on Gustavo "Gus" C. Garcia (July 27, 1915 – June 3, 1964), who was a Mexican-American civil rights attorney. His notable case was winning the Supreme Court case of Pete Hernández, convicted of murder by an "all-Anglo jury."
