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This is a memoir of the early years of a well-known Chicano scholar whose work and activism were motivated by his Mormon faith. The narrative follows him as an immigrant boy in San Antonio, Texas, who finds religion, goes to segregated schools, participates in the first major school boycott of the modern era in Texas, goes to Viet Nam where he heads an emergency room in the Mekong Delta, and then to college where he becomes involved in the Chicano Movement. Throughout this time he juggles, struggles, and comes to terms with the religious principles that provide him the foundation for his civil rights struggles and form the core of his moral compass and spiritual beliefs. In the process he pushes back against those religious traditions and customs that he sees as contrary to the most profound aspects of being a Mormon. This memoir is about activism and religion on the ground and reflects the struggles of people of color who are faithful and who engage in a social action that defies simple political terminology.

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Book category Books in English Biography & True Stories Biography: general Biography: religious & spiritual

• Full title: Chicano While Mormon
• Subtitle: Activism, War, and Keeping the Faith
• Author: Ignacio M. Garcia
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 260
• EAN: 9781611478181
• ISBN: 1611478189
• ID: 09243172
• Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
• Weight: 544 g
• Dimensions: 162 × 236 × 25 mm
• Date of publishing: 07. May 2015

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