MOTAL: A Class Action - "Memories of Integrated Schools"

Date and Time

Thursday Mar 15, 2012
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM PDT

Thursday, March 15, 2012
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Location

The Old Courthouse: 211 W. Santa Ana Blvd., Santa Ana, CA 92701

Website

http://www.motal.org

Contact Information

visit www.motal.org and www.ocparks.com/oldcourthouse

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Description

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

Thursday night will be an evening program titled "Memories of Integrated Schools," with Gonzalo Mendez, Jr. and other children of the 1940s desegregation.

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 int his tate and paved the way for the the decision of Brown v. Board of Education.