Breaking down the walls of segregation : Mexican American grassroots politics and civil rights in Orange County, California /
On March 2, 1945, five Mexican American families & their Jewish American lawyer filed a class-action lawsuit against four school districts in Orange County, California, to end the segregation of ethnic Mexican children. In a shocking decision, the court ruled in favour of plaintiffs, setting a l...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2025]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | On March 2, 1945, five Mexican American families & their Jewish American lawyer filed a class-action lawsuit against four school districts in Orange County, California, to end the segregation of ethnic Mexican children. In a shocking decision, the court ruled in favour of plaintiffs, setting a legal & historical precedent in Mendez, et al. v. Westminster School District of Orange County that shook the foundations of Jim Crow America & led to the end of de jure school segregation across the nation. 'Breaking Down the Walls of Segregation' tells the story of how ethnic Mexicans in a relatively unknown agricultural backwater built the unprecedented movement that led to this decision. Beginning in the 1880s, David-James Gonzales details the social & economic history of Orange County, explaining how citrus capitalists, seeking increased market share & profitability, established the walls of segregation to manage ethnic Mexican family labour. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197839485 0197839487 |