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Primary Sources: Civil Rights in America - Events
Mendez v. Westminster School District (1947)
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Primary Sources: Civil Rights in America - Events
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Alcatraz Occupation (1969)
Brown v. Board of Ed. (1954)
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ERA: Equal Rights Amendment
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Freedom Summer (1964)
Japanese Internment (1942)
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
March on Washington (1963)
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Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike (1968)
Mendez v. Westminster School District (1947)
Sylvia Mendez
Online Sources: Mendez v. Westminster School District
Miss America Protests (1968)
"Mississippi Burning" Case (1964)
Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955)
Osage Indian Murders (1920s)
16th St. Church Bombing (1963)
Selma to Montgomery March (1965)
Scottsboro (1931)
Sleepy Lagoon & Zoot Suit Riots (1943)
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Online Sources: Mendez v. Westminster School District
Docs Teach: Gonzalo Mendez et al. v. Westminster School District of Orange County et al.
Mendez v. Westminster School District 64 F. Supp. 544
National Archives: Mendez v. Westminster School District
Westminster School Dist. of Orange County v. Mendez, 161 F.2d 774 (9th Cir. 1947) via Justia
Westminster School Dist. of Orange County v. Mendez via 9th Circuit Court
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