See Rachel Murphree @ the NW reference desk for Interview conducted by Raymond Caballero with Albert Armendariz, Sr. October 1991.
* Elected to El Paso Historical Association's Hall of Honor. Password; Winter 2014, Vol. 58 Issue 4, p122-130, 9p
* Won the case in the 1970s that desegregated EPISD schools.
* Wife was Mary Lou Armendariz (on our list of women to research) for her work in LULAC.
* El Paso's federal courthouse named after him
Seeds of Change by 
Pledging Allegiance : Learning Nationalism at the El Paso-Juarez Border
My Demons Were Real
Forgotten Tribes : Unrecognized Indians and the Federal Acknowledgment Process by 
Fifty-Two Years a Newsman (Chris Fox)
Labor Divided
Mexican Americans: Leadership, Ideology, and Identity, 1930-1960
Mexicans in the Making of America
Turning Points in El Paso, Texas by 
Civil Rights in the Texas Borderlands: Dr. Lawrence A. Nixon and black activism by Labor Divided
Mexican Exodus: emigrants, exiles, and refugees of the Cristero War by Most Rev. Anthony J. Schuler, first Bishop of El Paso, and some Catholic activities in the Diocese between 1915-1942.
Fighting Their Own Battles: Mexican Americans, African Americans, and the struggle for civil rights in Texas
A quiet victory for Latino rights : FDR and the controversy over "whiteness"Seeds of Change by 
Hispanic Culture in the Southwest by 
We Built the Wall: how the US keeps out asylum seekers from Mexico, Central America and beyond by Be sure to check Ebsco Discovery Service (EDS) for newspaper and magazine articles), El Paso Times newspaper archives database, and books.google.com
Drug War Zone: Frontline Dispatches from the Streets of El Paso and Juárez by 
The Gang Paradox: inequalities and miracles on the U.S.-Mexico border by Note details that might seem insignificant at first glance, in case one finds other information later.
Women's information is often found through researching the men in their lives (i.e. husband, fathers, etc.) so the notes here might only state that Mrs. X was married to Mr. X who was important for some reason, but in researching him, there might be information about his wife found later.
Research full text of local newspaper articles back to 1881 in this database available to EPCC users and in person in EPCC Libraries:
