Year: 2004
Type: article
Abstract: A piece of forgotten history reveals that many of the issues and parties to Brown v. Board of Education of 1954 were instrumental in the desegregation of California schools in 1947. The class action discrimination suit brought by the Méndez family produced a rippling effect felt all the way to the United States Supreme Court. With the help of a television producer who produced a documentary on the Méndez case for public television, the author tells the story of the discovery of a missing piece of history.
Author: Rebecca A. López
Institution: California State University, Long Beach
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2531356167