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Mendez v. Westminster : school desegregation and Mexican-American rights / Philippa Strum.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Strum, Philippa.
- Series:
- Landmark law cases & American society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Segregation in education--Law and legislation--United States.
- Segregation in education.
- Segregation in education--Law and legislation.
- Mexican Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Mexican Americans.
- Mexican Americans--Education.
- United States.
- Discrimination in education--Law and legislation--United States.
- Discrimination in education.
- Discrimination in education--Law and legislation.
- 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.
- Mendez, Gonzalo,.
- Westminster School District (Orange County, Calif.).
- California--Orange County.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 186 pages ; 23 cm.
- Other Title:
- Mendez versus Westminster
- Place of Publication:
- Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, [2010]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780700617197
- 0700617191
- 9780700617180
- 0700617183
- OCLC:
- 466346910
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