Segregation in California
How one family helped overturn racial segregation in schools in California.
Witness History: Archive 2014 · BBC World Service
April 14, 20149m 3s
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Show Notes
In post-war Orange County, California, children of Mexican descent were schooled separately from white children until one family took on the system.
Photo: Hoover Elementary School (Mexican only) courtesy of the Mendez family.