Beginning in 1969, the Chicano Moratorium movement organized Mexican-American protests seeking social justice in the United States, especially in the Southwest. The movement culminated in 1970 as tens of thousands participated in a sometimes bloody demonstration march through the streets of East Los Angeles. The political unrest caused by the movement was still winding down in the fall of 1971, when along came a bespectacled Okie gringo sent to teach math and English in an East LA church school. “Hopie and the Los Homes Gang” is an ethnography written like a novel about Chicano gangs in East LA just after the Chicano Moratorium. In this true story, a Brother of the Catholic Church finds himself in the middle of East LA’s turmoil, where gangs are everywhere. Brother Hilary recognizes their needs and develops his own approach to try to help them through tennis and exposure to the non-barrio world. This revised edition adds a 2011 afterword giving an update on the lives of the people in the story. Although suitable for general audiences, the book can and has been used for college and high school classes such as criminal justice, sociology, and ethnic studies.

Hopie and the Los Homes Gang: A Gangland Primer

Politics & Social Sciences

McGuire, Hilary Paul

McGuire OSB, Hilary

Social Sciences

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Imagine two orphan girls trying to survive. Would you say to them, “Play tennis”? Who would anticipate that they would soon be interacting with princes, presidents, and the rich and famous of all walks of life? Pat Stewart and her sister Pam have both competed at Forest Hills. During her 19 years of competition at Forest Hills and Wimbledon, Pat inaugurated the Open Era on Center Court versus Ann Haydon-Jones. So impressed were the British press with her beauty that they twice named her Wimbledon Glamour Girl. Her modeling career led to marriage with England’s favorite cricketer John Edrich. Meanwhile Pam was not only competing occasionally, but coaching personages from H. Ross Perot to Dinah Shore at famed clubs from New York to Miami. Pam’s weekend with the Kennedy family may enliven discussion of the fiftieth anniversary of JFK’s death. 
Pat and Pam Stewart are names you may not recognize, but they have built remarkable lives on the fringes of the famous players. Tennis Saves is full of triumphs and defeats and shows a facet of tennis few have ever seen.

Tennis Saves: Stewart Orphans Take World by Racket

Biographies & Memoirs

“Homeboys forever,” said Smiley to his carnales. “And now we are going to college together—and making it good.” It wasn’t easy then and it isn’t easy now, but the spirit of the barrio fighter, (like Paul Gonzalez in the 1984 Olympics) welcomes the challenge on all fronts, intellectual as well as physical. And the homeboys are shouting, “We can do it—if we back each other up!” The true stories in this book, some written by the homeboys themselves, will be an inspiration to some and a challenge to all. Perhaps they will even awaken the homeboy or homegirl ideal within each of us.It all begins with reading! This Commemorative Thirtieth Anniversary edition adds a 2014 afterword with a follow-up on the lives of some of the participants. Although suitable for general audiences, the book can and has been used for college and high school classes such as criminal justice, sociology, and ethnic studies.

Homeboys in College: Heralds of Progress

Createspace Independent Pub

This Commemorative Thirtieth Anniversary edition adds a 2014 afterword with a follow-up on the lives of some of the participants. Although suitable for general audiences, the book can and has been used for college and high school classes such as criminal justice, sociology, and ethnic studies. Here's the description from the back cover: “Homeboys forever,” said Smiley to his carnales. “And now we are going to college together—and making it good.” It wasn’t easy then and it isn’t easy now, but the spirit of the barrio fighter, (like Paul Gonzalez in the 1984 Olympics) welcomes the challenge on all fronts, intellectual as well as physical. And the homeboys are shouting, “We can do it—if we back each other up!” The true stories in this book, some written by the homeboys themselves, will be an inspiration to some and a challenge to all. Perhaps they will even awaken the homeboy or homegirl ideal within each of us.
It all begins with reading!

Homeboy Scholars: Breaking the Mold

Independently published

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Hopie and the Los Homes Gang: A Gangland Primer

Tennis Saves: Stewart Orphans Take World by Racket

Homeboys in College: Heralds of Progress

Homeboys in College: Heralds of Progress

Homeboy Scholars: Breaking the Mold