The Inspiring Life of Texan Héctor P. García - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Inspiring Life of Texan Héctor P. García write by Cecilia García Akers. This book was released on 2016-04-04. The Inspiring Life of Texan Héctor P. García available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. As a Mexican immigrant, Dr. Hector P. Garcia endured discrimination at every stage of his life. He attended segregated schools and was the only Mexican to graduate from the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, in 1940. Garcia's passion for helping others pushed him to advocate for equal rights. After serving in World War II, the doctor worked to help minorities achieve greater access to healthcare, voting rights and education. He started a private practice in Corpus Christi and in 1948 founded the American GI Forum. Cecilia Garcia Akers shares a daughter's perspective on her father's remarkable achievements and sacrifices as an activist and physician.
Hector P. Garcia
Hector P. Garcia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Hector P. Garcia write by Christine Juarez. This book was released on 2016-08. Hector P. Garcia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Officially leveled by Fountas & Pinnell"--Back cover.
Héctor P. García
Héctor P. García - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Héctor P. García write by Michelle Hall Kells. This book was released on 2006. Héctor P. García available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Examining the Mexican American civil rights movement through the public rhetoric of a veteran activist Héctor P. García: Everyday Rhetoric and Mexican American Civil Rights examines the transition of Mexican Americans from political and social marginalization to civic inclusion after World War II. Focusing on the public rhetoric of veteran rights activist and physician Dr. Héctor P. García, a Mexican immigrant who achieved unprecedented influence within the U.S. political system, author Michelle Hall Kells provides an important case study in the exercise of influence, the formation of civic identity, and the acquisition of social power among this underrepresented group. As a major influence in national twentieth-century civil rights reform, García effectively operated between Anglo and Mexican American sociopolitical structures. The volume illustrates how García, a decorated World War II veteran and founder of the American GI Forum in Texas in 1948, successfully engendered a discourse that crossed geographical, political, and cultural borders, forming associations with the working poor as well as with prominent national figures such as John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Through his rhetoric and action, García publicly revealed the plight of Mexican Americans, crossing class, regional, and racial lines to improve socioeconomic conditions for his people. Héctor P. García, which is enhanced by sixteen illustrations, contributes to rhetorical, cultural, and historical studies and offers new scholarship establishing García’s role on the national front, effectively tracing Garcia’s legacy of resistance, the process of achieving enfranchisement, and the role of racism in the evolution from social marginalization to national influence.
Alpha God
Alpha God - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Alpha God write by Hector A. Garcia. This book was released on 2015-03-10. Alpha God available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book uses evolutionary psychology as a lens to explain religious violence and oppression. The author, a clinical psychologist, examines religious scriptures, rituals, and canon law, highlighting the many ways in which our evolutionary legacy has shaped the development of religion and continues to profoundly influence its expression. The book focuses on the image of God as the dominant male in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. This traditional God concept is seen as a reflection of the “dominant ape” paradigm so evident in the hierarchical social structures of primates, with whom we have a strong genetic connection. The author describes the main features of male-dominated primate social hierarchies— specifically, the role of the alpha male as the protector of the group; his sexual dominance and use of violence and oppression to attain food, females, and territory; in-group altruism vs. out-group hostility (us vs. them); and displays of dominance and submission to establish roles within the social hierarchy. The parallels between these features of primate society and human religious rituals and concepts make it clear that religion, especially its oppressive and violent tendencies, is rooted in the deep evolutionary past. This incisive analysis goes a long way toward explaining the historic and ongoing violence committed in the name of religion.
The American GI Forum
The American GI Forum - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The American GI Forum write by Henry A. J. Ramos. This book was released on 1998-06-30. The American GI Forum available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A history of the American GI Forum, a civil rights group formed by Hispanic servicemen and women in response to the intolerable conditions they found in their communities upon their return from World War II; covering the years between 1948 and 1983.
