AdvertisementBefore 'Brown V. Board,' Mendez Fought California's Segregated SchoolsMay 16, 2014Shereen Marisol MerajifacebookEmailSylvia Mendez was a young girl in the 1940s when her parents fought for Latinos to have access to white schools in the California court case Mendez v. Westminster. They won in 1947. (NPR)
