Dr.+Hector+Garcia



Dr. Hector Garcia was a hyspanic combat surgion in WWII. Hispanic veterans often were descriminated against. In 1948 he teamed up with LULAC, he organized a group to protect Hispanic rites. It was called he American GI Forum. THe Forum providesd funds for better education. They also rased money so hat they could pay for poor hispanics to be able to vote because of the pole tax. The forum won a supreme court case that now allows hispanics to serve as juries.

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