After service in the Navy in World War II. he followed his parents into farm labor. By 1952. he began pursuing his calling as a tireless champion for community empowerment. and he joined efforts to establish MexicanAmerican selfhelp groups in San Jose. He attended to the individual needs of hundreds of MexicanAmericans and immigrants who encountered problems and prejudice in dealing with the police. government services. and immigration authorities. Throughout a decade of community service in San Jose. he conducted a perpetual voter registration drivealways seeking not only to help those in need. but to give them a voice in their own Government through the ballot. He would have understood the importance of the voter registration reform that Congress is about to pass this week.
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