Bücher von Mario T. Garcia

This is the amazing untold story of the Los Angeles sanctuary movement's champion, Father Luis Olivares (1934-1993), a Catholic priest and a charismatic, faith-driven leader for social justice. Based on previously unexplored archives and over ninety oral histories, this compelling biography traces the life of a complex and constantly evolving individual.

Latino Generation: Voices of the New America

An oral history of a prominent Mexican American scholar.

The first major historical study of the role of Catholicism in Chicano history in the twentieth century.

Best known as the leader of the farm workers' struggle and of the Latino civil rights movement, Chvez, like Ghandi and Dr Martin Luther King, was a religious figure whose faith and spirituality guided his public life. This book uses the leader's own words to bring attention to his faith and the way this faith shaped his leadership.