Life and Times of Willie Velasquez, The: Su voto es su voz

by Juan A. Sepúlveda Jr

Overview

This critical biography by the founder of the Southwest Voter Registration and Education Project (SVREP) features an introduction by Henry Cisneros, former Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Juan A. Sepúlveda, Jr. chronicles Velásquez' influences, his landmark contributions to American civic culture, and his enduring legacy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781611926248
Publisher:	Arte Publico Press
Publication date:	09/30/2003
Series:	Hispanic Civil Rights Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Juan Sepúlveda, Jr. is the author of The Life and Times of Willie Velásquez: Su Voto es Su Voz (Arte Público Press, 2003). Sepulveda graduated from Harvard College 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. Sepulveda, a San Antonian who grew up in Topeka, Kansas is the President and Co-founder of The Common Enterprise, a national management consulting group that developed from a major Rockefeller Foundation initiative. He lives in San Antonio, Texas with his wife, Teresa Nino, and their two children, Michael and Victoria.