Dr. Héctor P. García standing in front of the American GI Forum banner

ID: 112 ~ Source: Dr. Héctor P. García Papers, Special Collections and Archives, Mary and Jeff Bell Library, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. ~ Creator: American G.I. Forum ~ Date: ca. 1950s

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ID: Black and white photograph of a middle-aged Latino man wearing a tan suit with shirt and dark tie and an Army cap, standing in front of a banner that says American G.I. forum with stars and stripes.

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Hector Garcia – Soldier, Medical Doctor, Civil Rights Advocate

"The American GI Forum started with the Felix Longoria case, we had gone into police brutality, lack of representation in juries, lack of representation in draft boards. I knew civil rights [as a Mexican-American]. I knew the problems, I knew where…