Title: LBJ & Mexican Americans
First published: 1997
Description: This book explores the complex and sometimes contradictory relations between LBJ and Mexican Americans. Julie Pycior shows that Johnson's genuine desire to help Mexican Americans - and reap the political dividends - did not prevent him from allying himself with individuals and groups intent on thwarting Mexican Americans' organizing efforts. Not surprisingly, these actions elicited a wide range of response, from grateful loyalty to, in some cases, outright opposition.

Mexican Americans' complicated relationship with LBJ influenced both their political development and his career with consequences that reverberated in society at large.
Subjects: Mexican Americans, Politics and government, Ethnic relations, History, Johnson, lyndon b. (lyndon baines), 1908-1973, Texas, social conditions
Places: Texas
People: Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973)
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: E847.2 .P93 1997