José Angel Gutiérrez

Gutiérrez, José Angel (1944– ), proponent of Mexican-American civil rights and founder of La Raza Unida, a political party that ran Mexican-American candidates for public office. In 1970, the year he founded the organization, Gutiérrez was elected president of the school board of Crystal City, Tex. Gutiérrez was elected a county judge in Texas in 1974.