The bricks before Brown : the Chinese American, Native American, and Mexican Americans' struggle for educational equality / Marisela Martinez-Cola.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martinez-Cola, Marisela, 1974- author.

Series:

Sociology of race and ethnicity.

Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discrimination in education--Law and legislation--United States--Cases.

Discrimination in education.

Indians of North America--Education--Law and legislation--United States--Cases.

Indians of North America.

Mexican Americans--Education--Law and legislation--United States--Cases.

Mexican Americans.

Chinese Americans--Education--Law and legislation--United States--Cases.

Chinese Americans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (227 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2022]

Summary:

"In 1954 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that state laws establishing racial segregation are unconstitutional, declaring "separate is inherently unequal." Known as a seminal Supreme Court case and civil rights victory, Brown v. Board of Education resulted from many legal battles that predicated its existence. Marisela Martinez-Cola writes about the many important cases that led to the culmination of Brown. She reveals that the road to Brown is lined with "bricks" representing at least one hundred other families who legally challenged segregated schooling in state and federal courts across the country, eleven of which involved Chinese American, Native American, and Mexican American plaintiffs. By revealing the significance of Chinese American, Native American, and Mexican American segregation cases, Martinez-Cola provides an opportunity for an increasingly diverse America to be fully invested in the complete grand narrative of the civil rights movement. To illustrate the evolution of these cases, she focuses on three court cases from California, including these stories as part of the "long civil rights movement," and thus expands our understanding of the scope of that movement along racial, gender, and class lines. Comparing and discussing the meaning of the other court cases that led to the Brown decision strengthens the standing of Brown while revealing all the twists and turns inherent in the struggle for equality"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Laying the foundation

The 105 Bricks before Brown

Tape v. Hurley

the Omitted

Piper v. Big Pine

the forgotten

The Mendezes

the understated

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Based on author's thesis (doctoral - Emory University, 2018) issued under title: The bricks before Brown v. Board of Education : a comparative, historical study of race, class, and gender in Chinese American, Native American, and Mexican American school desegregation cases, 1885-1947.

Other Format:

Print version: Martinez-Cola, Marisela The Bricks Before Brown

ISBN:

9780820362045

OCLC:

1337943722