Mendez v. Westminster
Subtitle: school desegregation and Mexican-American rights
By: Philippa Strum.
Series: Landmark law cases and American society
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lawrence, Kan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780700617180; 9780700617197
Subjects: Méndez, Gonzalo; Westminster School District (Orange County, Calif.); 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
Other titles: Mendez versus Westminster
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Mexican-Americans in California; title: From Lemon Grove to the zoot suit riots; title: The parents decide to sue; title: Race, ethnicity, and trial strategies; title: The trial begins; title: "We always tell our children they are Americans"; title: The experts testify; title: Judge McCormick decides; title: From the Court of Appeals to the state legislature.