MOTAL: A Class Action - Documentary Screening & Discussion

Description

A Class Action: The Grassroots Struggle for School Desegregation in California

Screening of Mendez v. Westminster: For All the Children/Para Todos los Ninos
A documentary film by Sandra Robbie. Discussion following the screening.

Presented by the Museum of Teaching and Learning and the Old Orange County Courthouse

The Class Action exhibit explores the meaning of the landmark court case Mendez et al v. Westminster et al., which brought an end to school segregation in this state and paved the way for the the decision of Brown v. Board of Education.