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This is the story of both parts of the man: the public and private. Velásquez's biography sheds light on the nature and price of public leadership in American politics.
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About the Author
JUAN A. SEPÚLVEDA, JR. is the author of The Andean Highlands: An Encounter with Two Forms of Christianity (Conseil Oecumenique des Eglises, 1997). He graduated from Harvard with a B.A. in Government; completed a combined degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics at The Queen's College, Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar; received his law degree from Stanford Law School; and has been admitted to the Texas Bar. Sepúlveda, a San Antonio resident who grew up in... read more
Book Description
William C. "Willie" Velásquez, Jr. founded the Southwest Voter Registration and Education Project (SVREP) and was an influential participant in other leading Latino rights and justice groups, including the Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO) and the Mexican American Unity Council (MAUC). From the late 1960s until his untimely death in 1988, Velásquez helped Mexican Americans and other Hispanics become active participants in American political life. Though still insufficiently appreciated, Velásquez holds a unique status in the pantheon of modern American civil rights figures. Velásquez's work on voter rights and registration triggered an unprecedented mobilization of Latino voters in pivotal electoral states across the U.S., including California, Illinois, and Texas. Today, as Latinos emerge to constitute America's new minority of record, with growing reach into other major states, such as New York, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, and North Carolina, Hispanc American political influence, drawing on Velásquez's legacy-can only become more significant in the years to come. Former Rhodes Scholar and Velásquez protégé Juan A. Sepúlveda, Jr.'s biography provides a first, definitive glimpse into Velásquez's life and times. Based on Sepúlveda's close personal relationship and exchanges with Velásquez during the SVREP founder's final years, and over a dozen years of research and writing, the book chronicles Velásquez's influences, his landmark contributions to American civic culture, and his enduring legacy. |
