José Angel Gutiérrez Papers 1954-1990

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José Angel Gutiérrez Papers 1954-1990

The personal papers of Texas Chicano civil rights activist, politician, lawyer, university professor, and author José Angel Gutiérrez.

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Political activist, elected official, and writer. Born Oct. 25, 1944, in Crystal City, Texas. Graduated from Crystal City High School (1962), Texas A. & I. (B.A., 1966), St. Mary's Univ. in San Antonio (M.A., 1968), and the Univ. of Texas at Austin (PhD., 1976). Founder or co-founder of several Chicano organizations in the 1960s and 1970s, including M.A.Y.O. and the Raza Unida Party. Involved in the political takeover of Crystal City's government by its Mexican American majority; elected pre...

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