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may 3, 1954 - Hernandez v Texas

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A Mexican-American was indicted for murder by an all-white Jury in Jackson County
His attorney tried to quash the indictment as Mexican-Americans were barred from juries
The Supreme Court ruled that the Fourteenth Amendment applied to more races than just white or Africa-American

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may 3, 1954
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~ 72 years ago