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Before 'Brown V. Board,' Mendez Fought California's Segregated Schools

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Sylvia 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 <em>Mendez v. Westminster</em>. They won in 1947. (NPR)
Sylvia 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)

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