Ximenes, Vicente 1919-

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Mexican American civil rights advocate Vicente Ximenes was born in Floresville, Texas in 1919 and graduated from Floresville High School in 1939. After high school, he worked for the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and attended the University of Texas. He married Maria Castillo of San Antonio, Texas in 1943 and served in the U.S. Army Air Force from 1941-1947 as a decorated veteran of World War II. He retired with the rank of major and thereafter moved his family to Albuquerque, New Mexico. He obtained his bachelor's degree in education and a master's degree in economics from the University of New Mexico (UNM) and worked as a research economist for UNM. He established the American G.I. Forum in New Mexico and a number of chapters in the western half of the United States and served as the Forum's national chairman. He served as program officer in Ecuador for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and as Director of the Viva Johnson Clubs for the 1964 presidential election. He was hired as an inspector general under Sargent Shriver for Lyndon B. Johnson's War on Poverty and left that position to become Mission Director for the USAID in Panama. In 1967, he was appointed as Chairman of the Cabinet Committee on Opportunity for the Spanish-Speaking and as Commissioner for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), serving in the EEOC until 1972. He served as vice president for field operations for the National Urban Coalition and as Commissioner of White House Fellows under Jimmy Carter. He was a cofounder and served as chairman of the New Mexico Youth Conservation Corps Commission (YCC).

From the description of Oral history interview with Vicente Ximenes, 2004 [videorecording]. (University of Texas at Arlington). WorldCat record id: 464618750

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associatedWith American G.I. Forum. corporateBody
associatedWith Anderson, Clinton Presba, 1895-1975. person
associatedWith Cantinflas, 1911-1993. person
associatedWith Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993. person
associatedWith Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) corporateBody
associatedWith Connally, John Bowden, 1917-1993. person
associatedWith Daley, Richard J., 1902-1976. person
associatedWith Democratic National Committee (U.S.) corporateBody
associatedWith Democratic Party (U.S.) corporateBody
associatedWith Díaz Ordaz, Gustavo, 1911-1979. person
associatedWith Garcia, Hector P., d. 1996. person
associatedWith Gardner, John W. (John William), 1912-2002. person
associatedWith Gonzalez, Henry B. (Henry Barbosa), 1916-2000. person
associatedWith Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978. person
associatedWith Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973. person
associatedWith José Angel Gutiérrez, person
associatedWith Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968. person
associatedWith League of United Latin American Citizens. corporateBody
associatedWith Macy, John W., 1917-1986. person
associatedWith Martin, Louis, 1912- person
associatedWith MAYO (Organization) corporateBody
associatedWith McCormick, James Carlos. person
associatedWith Mexican American Political Association (Calif.) corporateBody
associatedWith Montalbán, Ricardo. person
associatedWith Montoya, Joseph Manuel, 1915-1978. person
associatedWith Peña, Albert person
associatedWith Political Association of Spanish-speaking Organizations corporateBody
associatedWith Richardson, Bill, 1947 Nov. 15- person
associatedWith Roybal, Edward Ross, 1916-2005. person
associatedWith Sánchez, George Isidore, 1906-1972. person
associatedWith Shriver, Sargent, 1915-2011. person
associatedWith United States. AID Mission in Ecuador. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Army Air Forces. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Cabinet Committee on Opportunity for the Spanish Speaking. corporateBody
associatedWith United States Civil Service Commission. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. President (1963-1969 : Johnson) corporateBody
associatedWith University of New Mexico. corporateBody
associatedWith University of Texas at Arlington. Center for Mexican American Studies. corporateBody
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associatedWith Viva Johnson Clubs (U.S.) corporateBody
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United States
Texas--El Paso
Texas, South
Austin (Tex.)
Floresville (Tex.)
New Mexico
Chicago (Ill.)
El Paso (Tex.)
El Chamizal (Mexico and Tex.)
Texas
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Affirmative action programs
African American civil rights workers
African American journalists
African Americans
Air Force One (Presidential aircraft)
Education, Bilingual
Campaign literature
Political campaigns
Demonstrations
Emigration and immigration
Hispanic American celebrities
Hispanic American veterans
International economic relations
Mexican American leadership
Mexican American politicians
Mexican Americans
Mexican Americans
Mexican American soldiers
Mexican American students
Minorities
Political conventions
Presidents
Race discrimination
Race relations
United States commissioner
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Birth 1919

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