Winner of the 2015 National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies for an outstanding new book in the field of Chicana and Chicano Studies.
“Nobody has written a biography or sustained study of Sánchez or treated the struggles with which he was involved with the depth and sophistication that Blanton promises.”—Ben Johnson, Southern Methodist University
“This book will help broaden our understanding of American civil rights history and the role and contributions of Mexican Americans to that history.”—Mario Garcia, University of California, Santa Barbara
“Carlos Blanton’s study of George I. Sánchez is a triumph. He has filled out a portrait of this remarkable man with a careful hand, showing us the courageous, pugnacious, irritating, brilliant man that Sánchez was.”—Michael A. Olivas, author of In Defense of My People
“Professor Carlos K. Blanton has produced the definitive work on the quintessential activist scholar, the indefatigable George I. Sánchez. Biographical scholarship at its best—superbly researched, masterfully organized, and captivatingly written.”—Richard Valencia, University of Texas at Austin
