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Suggesting that placing students in these separate "Mexican Schools" was having a major effect on their graduation rate, and the decision in the case of Mendez v. Westminster made a positive change. George L. Sanchez, who served as an expert witness in the case, was asked if the Mendez decision could have any influence on Brown v.
The amicus brief filed for Mendez on behalf of the NAACP contained the arguments he would later use in the Brown case. The Mendez case also deeply influenced the thinking of the California governor at the time, Earl Warren. By 1954, when the Brown case appeared before the high court, Warren had become the chief justice. [9]
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. 1940s segregation kept her out of the ...
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 ...
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.
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Mendez v. Westminster was a 1946 federal court case that challenged racial segregation in the Orange County, California school district. [34] Five Mexican-American fathers challenged the practice of school segregation in the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles.
The case proved to be an important training-ground for Brown v. Board of Education. Thurgood Marshall authored an amicus curiae brief on behalf of the NAACP in favor of integration and later argued the merits before the Supreme Court in Brown. After the Mendez case, Governor Earl Warren led the call for full integration of California public ...