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Pena Rodríguez, Alberto, 1970-....

County commissioner, attorney, activist for Mexican American issues. Peña was born December 15, 1917, and graduated from the South Texas School of Law in 1950. He began his legal career by filing school desegregation suits in Hondo, Texas, and Lytle, Texas, on behalf of the American G.I. Forum and the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), respectively. He was a Bexar County commissioner from 1960 to 1974. He organized Viva Kennedy Clubs in Texas in 1960 and had founding roles in the Political Association of Spanish-Speaking Organizations (PASO) and Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF).

From the description of Oral history interview with Albert Peña, Jr., 1996 [videorecording]. (University of Texas at Arlington). WorldCat record id: 50513169

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Peña, Albert.

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Albert A. Peña was born on the west side of San Antonio on December 15, 1917. He attended St. Mary's University and graduated from the South Texas School of Law in Houston. He passed he Texas State bar in 1950 and in 1956 became the first Mexican-American to be elected to the Bexar County Commission. He represented his home district of Precinct 1 on the Commissioner's Court for sixteen years until he was defeated for reelection in 1972. In 1977 he was appointed Municipal Court Judge by the San A...

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Pena, Albert, Jr.

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