Biography -- Sáenz, José de la Luz.

Saenz Elementary School (Alice, Tex.)

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Sáenz, José de la Luz, 1888-1953.

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Mexican American civil rights activist, educator, and World War I veteran. José de la Luz Sáenz was born May 17, 1888 in Realitos, Duval County, Texas. In 1900 the Sáenz family moved to Alice, Texas, where José graduated from high school in 1908. After attending business college in San Antonio, Sáenz obtained his teacher's certificate and began his lifelong vocation as an educator in South Texas. Following the entrance of the United States into World War I, Sáenz volunteered in 1918 for se...