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Author Strum, Philippa.

Title Mendez v. Westminster : school desegregation and Mexican-American rights / Philippa Strum.

Publication Info. Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, [2010]
©2010

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 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  344.0798 STRUM    Check Shelf
Description xiii, 186 pages ; 22 cm.
Series Landmark law cases & American society
Landmark law cases & American society.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-180) and index.
Contents 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.
Subject Segregation in education -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Discrimination in education -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Mexican Americans -- Education -- United States.
Mexican Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
Segregation in education -- Law and legislation -- California -- Orange County.
Mexican Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- California -- Orange County.
Méndez, Gonzalo.
Westminster School District (Orange County, Calif.)
Added Title Mendez versus Westminster
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