VISUAL ACTIVITYDr. Héctor P. García Héctor García, shown here with patients, came from Mexico as a boy and became a doctor. While leading the GI Forum, García treated all who needed medical care regardless of whether they could pay for it. An associate referred to García, who was active in politics, as “a man who in the space of one week delivers 20 babies, 20 speeches, and 20 thousand votes.”READING THE IMAGE: This photograph was taken in Dr. García’s office in the early 1950s. Why might he have dressed in his military uniform? What do the other people in the photograph suggest about his medical practice? What in the photo suggests that his practice was successful?CONNECTIONS: What were the goals of Dr. García’s movement? What was the biggest gain for Mexican Americans in the postwar period?
Héctor P. García Papers, Special Collections & Archives, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, Bell Library.