Concept information
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sociology
social change
activism and social justice
legal and judicial system/human rights/civil rights
Preferred term
Lau decision
Definition
- In 1974, a group of non–English-speaking Chinese students sued the San Francisco Unified School District. The case represented 2,856 Chinese-speaking students in the area who were receiving classroom instruction solely in English. [Source: Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice; Lau Decision]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Lau_decision
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