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Author:
Strum, Philippa.
Title:
Mendez v. Westminster : school desegregation and Mexican-American rights / Philippa Strum.
Publisher:
University Press of Kansas,
Copyright Date:
c2010
Description:
xiii, 186 p. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Segregation in education--Law and legislation--United States.
Discrimination in education--Law and legislation--United States.
Méndez, Gonzalo.
Westminster School District (Orange County, Calif.)
Mexican Americans--Education--United States.
Mexican Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States.
Segregation in education--Law and legislation--Orange County.--Orange County.
Mexican Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.--Orange County.--Orange County.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- 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 -- Epilogue -- Chronology.
Series:
Landmark law cases & American society
ISBN:
0700617191 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780700617197 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0700617183 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780700617180 (hbk. : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)466346910
LCCN:
2009052268
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)
N3AX771 -- Drake Law School Library (Des Moines)
N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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