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Author Strum, Philippa.

Title Mendez v. Westminster : school desegregation and Mexican-American rights / Philippa Strum.

Imprint Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c2010.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  344.0798 St89m 2010    ---  Available
Description xiii, 186 p. ; 23 cm.
Series Landmark law cases & American society
Landmark law cases & American society.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Subject Segregation in education -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Discrimination in education -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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.
Mendez, Gonzalo.
Westminster School District (Orange County, Calif.)
Added Title Mendez versus Westminster
ISBN 9780700617197 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0700617191 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780700617180 (cloth : alk. paper)
0700617183 (cloth : alk. paper)
Standard No. CDX 11402766
CDX 11402767
GEBAY 11723688

 
    
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