Support WBURBefore 'Brown V. Board,' Mendez Fought California's Segregated SchoolsPlay04:40Download AudioShereen Marisol MerajiMay 16, 2014 ShareSylvia 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)