Talk:Alberto Antonio Peña Jr.

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Albert A. Peña[edit] Albert A. Peña Jr. (born 1917) was a Chicano civil rights activist. From the city of San Antonio, Peña sought change in his area of familiarity. With his schooling in law, Peña fought several school districts on their segregation policies which started his popularity within civil rights activists. He was well-known not only in the Mexican American community, but also the black community and was often aiding the NAACP in their goals as well.

Are there any examples of him aiding the NAACP?

Early Life[edit] Albert A. Peña Jr. was born in San Antonio, Texas in (what year). He served in the Navy during World War II. After his time in the military, Albert Peña went to St. Mary's University and went on to the South Texas College of Law in Houston where his schooling was paid for through the G.I. Bill. Peña graduated and passed the bar(maybe explain what the bar is) in 1950 and became involved in politics around the same time.[1]

Political Career[edit] Peña was first introduced to politics in 1948 by Eddie Ball(who is eddie ball). After Peña graduated and passed the bar examination, he returned to San Antonio to became an attorney. He worked with his father and brother under the law firm, Peña, Peña, and Peña.[1] Peña's wife was the driving force that pushed him to help his community, and consequently he joined the American G.I. Forum (A.G.I.F.). [1]

What does the American GI forum do? Explain what it is.

First Integration School Case[edit] Hector P. Garcia, the leader and founder of the A.G.I.F., asked Peña to evaluate the conditions of a particular school district to determine if their policies were discriminatory. Peña discovered that the district had essentially separated the Anglos and Mexicanos to different schools based on the children's' ability to read English. While the school district publicly denied the separation being due to ethnicity, Peña appealed the case to the Texas Board of Education. The school board did not decide if the school policy was constitutional or not. Due to pressure from parents, Peña was forced to use another method to achieve the change he desired. His method included that Mexicano parents should attempt to register their children in the Anglo school repeatedly until attention from a newspaper was acquired. When the state school board in Austin heard of what was occurring, they ordered the school to integrate.[1]

Links to the NAACP[edit] Because the black community shared similar beliefs as the Mexican American community, Peña and other leaders supported each other and shared a mutually beneficial relationship. In December of 1957, Peña was elected to the board of the local NAACP branch and in the following spring he became the chair.[1]

What did he do during his time as chair?

Influence of Olga[edit] While at first hesitant to return to his hometown and become involved in political affairs, Peña's wife, Olga, heavily encouraged him to help his community. Olga Peña herself, participated in many events to help her husband and offered him her support often. [1] I made edits to some grammar within the page and pointed out some places where some sentences need to be rephrased. I also added some questions that could help you go into more detail about some of the topics. Knesekm213 (talk) 01:12, 27 March 2019 (UTC)Morgan knesek

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Overall you're off to a great start, just need to expand on a few things. Try to go more in depth with his early life and the lead section. Is his entire life the highlight of this article or is it what he did to contribute to the NAACP? The lead section is just an overview of his life, is there anything in particular that you are focusing on in his life? What made him so important? Is his wife that important to have her own section? did she contribute to why he was so important in in his life time? Was he or she a public figure? KeyiraWalker (talk) 02:56, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

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Minor grammar errors throughout the article, however, readers are still able to understand the main ideas. Great start to the article, but there is still some information I feel like there could be added to help the reader understand Peña more. I'd like to know more about his early life and if there any information as to why Peña decided to pursue a career in politics. I think putting Olga in a different category might not be necessary, but instead, could be added in either the Political Career section or the Early Life Section. Overall, good information on Peña! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kerimartinez (talk • contribs) 16:46, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

Past tense: is he still alive?

Hey User:Abiflo18, I see that the article starts with "Alberto Antonio Peña Jr. (born 1917) was a chicano civil rights activist." Why "was"? Is he not an activist any more? In that case, it would be clearer if you would write "is a former chicano civil rights activist". If he's deceased, please add that fact with date of death and a good reference. --Slashme (talk) 13:04, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

Hi User:Slashme, thank you for the suggestions. I went ahead and made the edits.Abiflo18 (talk) 03:55, 11 April 2019 (UTC)Abi

Alberto vs Albert

I see the names Alberto and Albert being used interchangeably here. I'm assuming that he was christened Alberto but went by Albert? Maybe that can be clarified? --Slashme (talk) 13:19, 9 April 2019 (UTC)