This chapter explores the brave actions of the Mendez family and their allies in challenging school segregation for Mexican-American children through a pivotal lawsuit. It details the strategic legal choices made during the landmark case and examines its lasting impact on the civil rights movement and educational equality.
This 2013 episode covers the Mendez v. Westminster case that fought the segregation of Mexican-American students in the state of California in the 1940s. It went on pave the way for the much more famous Brown v. Topeka Board of Education.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.