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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. In 1954, Garcia was part...
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.
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. 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.
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 ...
Jul 19, 2013 · With the help of yet another Garcia who is blazing her own trail in history, Texas Senator Sylvia R. Garcia, we are proclaiming July 27, 2013 the first annual Gus Garcia Day. Senator Garcia is writing the legislative proclamation, and it will be delivered in Senate District 6, her home district, also the base for the Librtoraficante Movement.
Jul 18, 2013 · Spoiler alert: The life of Civil Rights lawyer Gus Garcia doesn't have a happy ending, but the true story of our people lies between the echo of the gavel at the Supreme Court hearing, where he brilliantly defended our rights, to his last breath-alone, penniless, on the streets of San Antonio.
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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."
