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Paving the Way for Integrated Schools Before Brown v. Board of Education

October 17, 2021

Seven years before the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education, officially ending the doctrine of “separate but equal” in public schools, a federal circuit court in California made its own groundbreaking ruling. Mendez v. Westminster ended with opening the doors of all-White schools to Mexican American students. Then 7-year-old Sylvia Mendez was at the center of that case. Matter of Fact Correspondent Laura Chavez sits down with Mendez as she reflects on her place in history. 

 

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