Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Coming to -- "An Excellent Education" -- "A Desire to Serve My Country" -- Barrio Americanism: Constructing a VeteransÌ Movement -- The Felix Longoria Incident -- The Beginning of a Protracted Struggle -- The Fifties: Best of Times, Worst of Times -- Unity as Politics but No Unity in Politics -- From the Halls of D. C. to the Barrios of Aztl n -- Lifelong Pursuit of Justice -- Bibliographical Note -- Bibliography -- Index.