The Life and Times of Sergeant José M. López: Mexican by Birth, American by Valor - Hardcover

by Manuel F. Medrano (Author)

This study provides a biography of Jose M. Lopez, who earned the US Congressional Medal of Honor during World War II. The author examines how he returned to segregation and discrimination in the United States and how court decisions, civil rights legislation, and veterans' organizations became part of the postwar US political agenda.

Author Biography

Manuel F. Medrano is professor emeritus at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.