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Mendez v. Westminster : school desegregation and Mexican-American rights /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Strum, Philippa
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, [2010]
Series:Landmark law cases & American society.
Subjects:
Segregation in education > Law and legislation > United States.
Discrimination in education > Law and legislation > United States.
Mexican Americans > Education > United States.
Mexican Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Segregation in education > Law and legislation > California > Orange County.
Mexican Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > California > Orange County.
Méndez, Gonzalo.
Westminster School District (Orange County, Calif.)
Table of Contents:
  • Mexican-Americans in California
  • From Lemon Grove to the zoot suit riots
  • The parents decide to sue
  • Race, ethnicity, and trial strategies
  • The trial begins
  • "We always tell our children they are Americans"
  • The experts testify
  • Judge McCormick decides
  • From the Court of Appeals to the state legislature.