The National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies is pleased to announce the 2015 Book Award Winner, Carlos Kevin Blanton for his book George I. Sánchez:
The Long Fight for Mexican American Integration Yale University Press.
The NACCS Book Award committee Chaired by Carlos Reyes Guerrero with blind reviewers made this years selection.
The book represents a contribution to Chicana and Chicano Studies. Dr. Blanton’s book, George I. Sanchez: The Long Fight for Mexican American Integration, provides its readers an inside view of the building blocks of Chicana/o Studies scholarship and the antecedents of Chicana and Chicano Studies.
Blanton’s book examines the complex life George I. Sánchez. It offers a window into the antecedents of Chicana/o educational rights. Blanton weaves a narrative that demonstrates the commitment educational equity in Chicana/o communities.