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ERIC Number: EJ677207
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-0951
"We Always Tell Our Children They Are Americans": Mendez v. Westminster and the California Road to Brown v. Board of Education.
Ruiz, Vicki L.
College Board Review, n200 p20-27 Fall 2003
In the waning months of World War II, Latino families in Orange County, California, protested efforts by local authorities to place their children in segregated schools. Their victory presaged the Supreme Court showdown in the next decade. (EV)
Descriptors: Desegregation Litigation, Hispanic Americans, School Desegregation, School Segregation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Brown v Board of Education; Latinos
Note: Theme issue titled "Brown v. Board of Education: Fiftieth Anniversary of the Supreme Court Ruling."