MACRI Talk Tardeada - George I. Sánchez: Mexican American Civil Rights Trailblazer

Join us for a MACRI Talk Tardeada with Dr. Carlos K. Blanton about George I. Sánchez, one of the preeminent intellectuals of the Mexican American Generation from the early 1930s through the late 1960s.

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ABOUT THE TALK:

Dr. George I. Sánchez was one of the preeminent intellectuals of the Mexican American Generation from the early 1930s through the late 1960s.  Often portrayed as passive or accommodationist by the activist cohorts before and after them, this group emphasized capitalizing on American citizenship and patriotism to advance what was actually a radical program to desegregate American life and lift its people from poverty and neglect. George I. Sánchez had a fascinating life, full of triumph and tragedy.

ABOUT OUR GUEST:

Dr. Carlos Kevin Blanton is currently a Professor of History at Texs A&M University.. He joined the Aggie community in 2001 from teaching at Portland State University and a PhD at Rice University. His authored books are The Strange Career of Bilingual Education in Texas, 1836–1981 (TAMU, 2004) and George I. Sánchez: The Long Fight for Mexican American Integration (Yale, 2014) and he has recently edited A Promising Problem: The New Chicana/o History (Texas, 2016). Blanton’s work has been honored with the Coral Horton Tullis Award for best book in Texas history (2005), the Bolton Cutter Award for best article in Borderlands history (2010) and the National Association of Chicana-Chicano Studies best book award (2016). He has also published in the Journal of Southern History, the Pacific Historical Review, the Western Historical Quarterly, the Southwestern Historical Quarterly, the Teachers College Record, and in other history and interdisciplinary journals.