Every third Wednesday of September, the day is designated Dr. Hector P. Garcia Day. (Learn more about Dr. Hector P. Garcia here.)
THIS Wednesday, Sept 21st at 6:00 PM, scholar Ignacio Garcia will give a presentation at the Pecan Campus Library in honor of this Civil Rights leader. The lecture will be entitled “Pursuing Justice: What Would Dr. Hector P. Garcia Have Thought of Today’s Politics?” and he will be signing books afterwards.
Ignacio Garcia is a well regarded scholar that teaches Western and Latino history at Brigham Young University. He has written five books including United We Win (check availability), Chicanismo (check availability), Viva Kennedy (check availability), and Hector P. Garcia: In Relentless Pursuit of Justice (check availability). These books and his most recent book White But Not Equal (check availability) can be found at the STC Library.
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