The Future of History: Happy Gus Garcia Day

by Tony Diaz on 08/03/14

Thanks to our partnership with the Houston Public Library, we are honored to celebrate and archive Gus Garcia Day.

As we make history, we are not only saving history, we are teaching it, too.

 

Hard copies of the essays published on the NPHistory page will be kept at the Houston Librotraficante Under Ground Library, and also at the Houston Public Library.

 

That material will be available for teachers at the MASTexas website.

 

This will also be taught in courses throughout Texas.

Of course, this Chicano Renaissance is built on the shoulders of many who came before us.

It is powerful to be able to be able to document the contributions of many of those who came before us.

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On July 19, 2013 Senate Resolution No. 70 was signed declaring July 27, 2013 as Gus Garcia Day in honor of the late Gustavo "Gus" C. Garcia, an attorney who played a vital role in advancing Tejano civil rights. The 1st Annual Gus Garcia Day celebration was held in Houston, Texas where Senator Sylvia Garcia presented the state-wide proclamation. This event was hosted by the Librotraficantes, a Houston-based organization created to protest the Arizona legislature’s banning of a Mexican-American studies curriculum in Tucson. In addition to the presentation of the proclamation, the Librotraficantes held a book drive for the Gus Garcia Underground Library at Raul Yzaguirre School for Success. This proclamation is housed within MSS 0352 Mexican American Small Collections. [Read more.]

Also, read the Librotraficante post on Gus Garcia Day.