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Preferred term
Mendez v. Westminster School District
Definition
- Called the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) for Mexican Americans and other Latinos in California, Mendez v. Westminster School District (1947) stands out as the case that ended legally sanctioned segregation for Mexican American students. Mendez was a test case in which social science data were introduced as evidence showing how Mexican American children developed an inferiority complex caused by racial segregation in schools. [Source: Encyclopedia of Education Law; Mendez v. Westminster School District]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Mendez_v._Westminster_School_District
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