History of the United States II / Unit 13 USH2 1847 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Mendez v. Westminster
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The idea
In nineteen forty-seven, in Mendez v. Westminster, a federal appeals court ruled that segregating children of Hispanic descent in California's schools was unconstitutional.
In practice
Gonzalo Mendez and other parents in Westminster, California, arguing that segregation violated the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause, as the Yawp records.
Where people slip
Mendez came seven years before Brown.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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