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apr 14, 1947 - Méndez v. Westminster (1947)

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- Sylvia Méndez sued Westminster, Garden Grove, El Modena, and Santa Ana boards of education (Orange County)
- Ruled in 1947 to give Mexican children equal rights
- Legal precursor to Brown v. Board of Education
- First desegregation case on the state level
- Later applied to Asian and Native American schoolchildren

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apr 14, 1947
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~ 78 years ago