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wikipedia - 15 Sep 2020
Sylvia Mendez (born June 7, 1936) is an American civil rights activist of Mexican-Puerto Rican heritage. At age eight, she played an instrumental role in the Mendez v. Westminster case, the landmark desegregation case of 1946. The case successfully ended de jure segregation in California[1] and paved the way for integration and the American civil rights movement.[2]
Guilford school to be named after civil rights activist Sylvia Mendez
Spectrum News - 01 Jun 2022
Guilford school to be named after civil rights activist Sylvia Mendez ...
Sylvia Mendez carries torch of family's fight for Latino students
Los Angeles Times - 14 Apr 2022
Sylvia Mendez carries torch of family's fight for Latino students ...
BUSD votes in favor of additional middle school enrollment zone
Daily Californian - 22 Jun 2022
BUSD votes in favor of additional middle school enrollment zone ...
The Latino family of Sylvia Mendez were pivotal in the desegregation fight.
NBC News - 20 Sep 2021
The Latino family of Sylvia Mendez were pivotal in the desegregation fight. ...
The most important desegregation case you've never heard of, and why it's still relevant
GBH News - 02 May 2022
The most important desegregation case you've never heard of, and why it's still relevant ...
Sylvia Mendez and Her Parents Fought School Segregation Years Before 'Brown v. Board'
Biography - 15 Sep 2020
Sylvia Mendez and Her Parents Fought School Segregation Years Before 'Brown v. Board' ...
Westminster High School dedicates new learning pavilion in honor of Sylvia Mendez
OCDE Newsroom - 01 Jul 2021
Westminster High School dedicates new learning pavilion in honor of Sylvia Mendez ...
Paving the Way for Integrated Schools Before Brown v. Board of Education
WMTW Portland - 15 Oct 2021
Paving the Way for Integrated Schools Before Brown v. Board of Education ...
Why education has become a political battlefield in America
DW (English) - 04 Jun 2022
Why education has become a political battlefield in America ...
Guilford County Schools chooses schools to be rebuilt, repaired first in phase 1 of bond-funded projects
WGHP FOX8 Greensboro - 01 Jun 2022
Guilford County Schools chooses schools to be rebuilt, repaired first in phase 1 of bond-funded projects ...
New book details how two O.C. families and a farm helped integrate public schools
Los Angeles Times - 21 Oct 2021
New book details how two O.C. families and a farm helped integrate public schools ...
California should take these steps to repay Black residents, reparations report says
Daily Breeze - 01 Jun 2022
California should take these steps to repay Black residents, reparations report says ...
New book documents bond between two OC families on the road to school desegregation
OCDE Newsroom - 04 Oct 2021
New book documents bond between two OC families on the road to school desegregation ...
Park and trail honoring Mendez case gets additional state funding
OCDE Newsroom - 19 Oct 2021
Park and trail honoring Mendez case gets additional state funding ...
Berkeley school districted employee arrested outside elementary school
Daily Californian - 18 Feb 2022
Berkeley school districted employee arrested outside elementary school ...
Sylvia Mendez’ Crusade To Eradicate “Mexican Only” Schools in the U.S.
BELatina - 18 Sep 2020
Sylvia Mendez’ Crusade To Eradicate “Mexican Only” Schools in the U.S. ...
Mendez vs. segregation: 70 years later, famed case 'isn't just about Mexicans. It's about everybody coming together'
Los Angeles Times - 17 Apr 2016
Mendez vs. segregation: 70 years later, famed case 'isn't just about Mexicans. It's about everybody coming together' ...
Prominent Latina activist Sylvia Mendez speaks via Zoom to La Puente High students
LA Daily News - 03 May 2021
Prominent Latina activist Sylvia Mendez speaks via Zoom to La Puente High students ...
GALA's 'Separate Is Never Equal' honors a girl who changed the world
DC Metro Theater Arts - 26 Oct 2021
GALA's 'Separate Is Never Equal' honors a girl who changed the world ...