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MAN OF THE PEOPLE: AUTOBIO OF CONGRESSMAN ROBERT GARCIA

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<P>Three weeks into his first term as a US Congressman, Robert Garcia found himself sitting down for a second time with the president of the United States. The son of a laborer at the Central Aguirre sugar mill in Puerto Rico, he thought, <Q>Only in America!</Q>. He grew up in the South Bronx and in his autobiography—published posthumously—he shares his story of struggle, rising from poverty to become a Korean War veteran, New York State Assemblyman and Senator and ultimately a US Congressman representing his community. When Garcia was a boy in the 1930s and 1940s, the South Bronx was a poor but safe working-class neighborhood. He and his family did suffer cold and hunger, but he recalls a <Q>happy childhood full of love.</Q> Somehow, he avoided drugs when they hit the neighborhood, though his mother surreptitiously checked his arms for needle tracks. At 17, he joined the US Army and went to Korea. Afterwards, he took advantage of the GI Bill, got married, had children and successfully moved into the middle class. He writes his life was forever changed when he gathered signatures for John F. Kennedy as the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee. That pivotal moment, combined with his excitement about involving Puerto Ricans in the political process during the heady days of the civil rights movement, led to his immersion in politics. He was the first Latino elected to the New York State Assembly in 1966 and became a New York State Senator in 1967 and a US Congressman in 1978. He recalls key moments, like the founding of the National Association of Latino Elected Officials (NALEO) and the Attica Prison Riot, where he was appointed to a mediation committee by Nelson Rockefeller. He also details his indictment for extortion and bribery, his brief time in prison and the ultimate reversal of the indictment by the appeals court. This autobiography spotlights one of the first Latino elected officials who is considered a pioneer by later generations of leaders.</P>

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Man of the People: The Autobiography of Congressman Robert Garcia