oct 1, 1888 - Wysinger v. Crookshank

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The first case that rendered school segregation between African American and whites in California. Edmond Wysinger was a former slave who payed for his freedom and moved to Visalia, California. After moving Wysinger tried to enroll his son into the only high school in the district but his son was rejected because his son was "colored".

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