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Sylvia Mendez (born June 7, 1936) is an American civil rights activist and retired nurse. At age eight, she played an instrumental role in the Mendez v. Westminster case, the landmark desegregation case of 1946.
Sylvia Mendez will be present with Gomez on Wednesday when he announces the legislation. The Mendez family’s fight should be recognized as “a powerful symbol of the enduring Latino American ...
Sylvia Mendez. Sylvia Mendez. You’ve likely heard of Brown v. Board of Education, but 1947’s Mendez v. Westminster set the stage for its landmark ruling seven years earlier. That case centered ...
Sylvia Mendez at the, “In Conversation with… Education for All – The Sylvia Mendez Story” in 2014. On October 14, 2009, Chapman University's Leatherby Libraries dedicated the Mendez et al v. Westminster et al Group Study Room and a collection of documents, video and other items relating to the landmark desegregation case. Chapman also ...
The Mendez family move was prompted by the opportunity to lease a 60-acre (240,000 m 2) farm in Westminster from the Munemitsus, a Japanese family who had been relocated to a Japanese internment camp during World War II. The income the Mendez family earned from the farm enabled them to hire attorney David Marcus and pursue litigation.
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