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Westminster, 1945-1947," Greenwood (2018), David-James Gonzales, in Lilia Fernandez ed., 50 Events That Shaped Latino History: An America Mosaic., 2 vols. An overview of the grassroots movement that led to the Mendez et al. case with biographies of notable figures and a before and after chronology.
Unlike Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), which focused on racial discrimination and upheld the constitutionality of segregation based on race in public accommodations under the doctrine of "separate but equal," the plaintiffs in Mendez v. Westminster argued that the students were segregated into separate schools based solely on their national origin.
The "Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez Learning Center" is a dual school campus commemorating the efforts of the Méndez and other families from the Westminster case. In September 2011, an exhibit honoring the Mendez v. Westminster case was presented at the Old Courthouse Museum in Santa Ana. This exhibit, known as "A Class Act", is sponsored by the ...
Sylvia Mendez and her Latino parents paved the way for desegregation in Mendez v Westminster but this Hispanic civil rights contribution is not largely known.
Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., will introduce legislation to rename the Los Angeles U.S. Courthouse after the Latino family whose lawsuit Mendez v. Westminster paved the way for school desegregation.
As a little girl in Westminster, California, in 1945, Sylvia Mendez yearned to attend the “beautiful school” with the “nice playground” where the school bus
Gonzalo Mendez died in 1964 at the age of 51, unaware of the impact that the case for which he fought would have on the nation. [5] Felicitas Mendez lived another 3 decades and died of heart failure at her daughter's home in April 1998. [8] Mendez v. Westminster set an important precedent for ending segregation in the United States. Thurgood ...
Hedgepeth and Williams v. Board of Education: 1944 131 N.J.L. 153 NJ Supreme Court case that prohibited racial segregation in NJ schools Mendez v. Westminster: 1946 64 F. Supp. 544 prohibits segregating Mexican American children in California Sipuel v. Board of Regents of Univ. of Okla. 1948 322 U.S. 631 access to taxpayer state funded law schools