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Essay on 1947 Mendez v. Westminster
Gonzalez Mendez and Sylvia, Gonzalo and
Geronimo Mendez, by their father and next
of friend Gonzalo Mendez,
William Guzman and Billy Guzman, by his
father and next of friend William Guzman,
Frank Palomino, and Arthur and Sally
Palomino, by their father and next of friend
Frank Palomino,
Thomas Estrada and Clara, Roberto, Francisco,
Syria, Daniel, and Evelina Estrada, by their
father and next of friend, Thomas Estrada,
Lorenzo Ramirez and Ignacio, Silverio and
Jose Ramirez, by their father and next of
friend Lorenzo Ramirez,
Petitioners
VS
Westminister School District of Orange County,
And J. A. Houlihan, Lewis Conrady, Ray Schmidtt,
as Trustees and J. Harris, Superintendent of
said School District,
Garden Grove Elementary School District of
Orange County and William C. Noble, Robert B.
Smith and Paul Applebury as Trustees and
James L. Kent, Superintendent of said School
District,
Santa Ana City Schools and George R. Wells,
Hiram M. Currey, James K. Givens, Daniel W.
Stover and George J. Busdieker its Board of
Education and Frank A. Henderson and Harold
Yost, its Superintendent and Secretary,
El Modeno School District and Henry Campbell,
Theodore Hower, Clarence Johnson as Trustees,
and Harold Hammarsten, Superintendent of
said School District,
Respondents
Background
In 1954, the United States Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision. They declared that the earlier finding of Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896 which founded the doctrine of "separate but equal" did indeed violate the constitution. However, eight years earlier another case was made, this one in our own backyard.
When the 17th Street School in Westminster refused to admit Gonzalo Mendez' children, it set a series of events into motion that would change the history of public education in California.
Most people do not realize that it was common practice to segregate Mexican Americans in the schools and in society at large throughout California and the Southwest....
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