Mendez vs. Westminster discussion

Mendez vs. Westminster discussion

Watch the video and answer the questions

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wKIS7NRCOCIp-qM0J…

What was significant about this case?

What is the connection between the Mendez case and Brown vs. Board of education?

Should schools be segregated? and is there a form of segregation in our current school system? ( to put it in context… do you think the children who attend school in the valley have the same resources as students who attend school in Calabasas)

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The 70-year old case was significant since it set the stage for every lawsuit which would be brought in court because of racial equality. Despite the case not being known as Brown v. Board of Education, the case led to the signing of the bill which ended school segregation in California which was done two months after the judges had affirmed the ruling made by the District Court (Wollenberg, 1974).

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