Famous Hispanic Firsts

 

 

Books

Corodova, Alfred C. and Charles B. Judah.  Octaviano Larrazolo, A Political Portrait.  University of 

          New Mexico. Division of Government Research; Number 32.  Albuquerque: University  of

          New Mexico, 1952.  320.9789 N46p No. 31-45

Cruz, Jose E.  Identity and Power: Puerto Rican Politics and the Challenge of Ethnicity.  

          Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1998.  324.08967872 C889i

Fisch, Louise Ann.  All Rise: Reynaldo G. Garza - The First Mexican American Federal Judge.

          College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1996.  347.732034 G199f

Huckfeldt, Robert and Carol Weitzel Kohfeld.  Race and the Decline of Class in American 

          Politics.  Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1989.  324.0973 H865r   

Perry, Huey L., ed.  Race, Politics, and Governance in the United States. Gainesville: University 

          Press of Florida, 1996.  324.08996073 R114

Vigil, Maurilio E.  Hispanics in Congress: A Historical and Political Survey.  Lanham: University 

          Press of America, 1996.  324.08968073 V683h

 

Biographical Sources

Lauro Cavazos: Profile from Texas Tech University

Franklin Chang Diaz: Biography from NASA

Luis Gutierrez: Profile from US House of Representatives

Octaviano Larrazolo: Biography from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Antonia Novello: Biography page from the US Surgeon General

Ellen Ochoa: Biography from NASA

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: Profile from US House of Representatives

 

Government Information Sources

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute

Congressional Hispanic Caucus: Representative Mark Begich (Scroll down)

Hispanic Americans in Congress 1822-1995: From the Library of Congress

Creating the Will: Hispanics Achieving Educational Excellence- A Report to the President of the United States, the Secretary of Education, and the Nation

White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans From the Department of Education

Contact Us

Government Information Services, Access and Collections
450-F Main Library
1408 W. Gregory Dr.
Urbana, Illinois 61801
Phone: (217) 244-4621

E-mail GovInfo

Facebook



People

Mary Mallory, Coordinator, Government Information Services, Access and Collections, University Library

Karen Hogenboom, Numeric and Spatial Data Librarian, Scholarly Commons 
 
Stephanie Martin, Graduate Assistant, Government Information