Garza, Josue,
Biographical notes:
Josue Garza, more popularly known as George Garza, is a Mexican-American educator and Uvalde businessman who attended Texas A&I-Kingsville and holds a Master's degree from California State University, Sacramento. He served on the Uvalde Board of Education and as Executive Director of the Community Council of Southwest Texas (Community Action Program (CAP)/War Against Poverty). He is a member of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC). Elected mayor of Uvalde in 1996, he served several terms but was defeated in a bid for reelection in 2008.
From the description of Oral history interview with Josue Garza, 1996 [videorecording]. (University of Texas at Arlington). WorldCat record id: 317496439
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Subjects:
- Banks and banking
- Church development, New
- Demonstrations
- Discrimination in justice administration
- Draft
- Labor unions
- Mexican American business enterprises
- Mexican American mayors
- Mexican Americans
- Mexican Americans
- Police brutality
- Politics, Practical
- Race discrimination
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- Texas, South (as recorded)
- Texas--Uvalde (as recorded)
- Uvalde County (Tex.) (as recorded)
- Texas (as recorded)
- Uvalde (Tex.) (as recorded)
- Kingsville (Tex.) (as recorded)
