Ximenes, Vicente Trevino, 1919-2014

Title:

Ximenes, Vicente Trevino, 1919-2014

Description:

Bio: Vicente Trevino Ximenes (b. December 5, 1919, Floresville, Texas-d. February 27, 2014) was a Mexican-American civil rights leader. He served as Chairman of the President Lyndon B. Johnson's Cabinet Committee on Mexican American Affairs. President Johnson also appointed Ximenes as U.S. commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, where he served for five years.

Source:

Vicente Ximenes, President Lyndon B. Johnson, Oval Office, White House, Washington DC, 9/12/1967. Photo # a4762-30 by Yoichi Okamoto.White House Photo Office collection, LBJ Presidential Library, public domain.

Relation:

LBJ Connection: Chairman of Cabinet Committee on Mexican American Affairs; Commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission