wgbh_tdcr_057 057 tdcr wgbh yes Mendez v. Westminster : desegregating California's schools African Americans--Civil rights--California--Orange County Busing for school integration--California--Orange County School integration--California--Orange County Mexican Americans--Social conditions--Orange County Mexican Americans--Segregation--Orange County Mexican Americans--Civil rights--California--Orange County Mexican Americans children--California--Orange County Mexican Americans--California--Orange County Students--California--Orange County Minorities--Education Civil rights movements--California--Orange County Equality--California--Orange County Minorities--Education Discrimination in education--California--Orange County Public schools--California--Orange County Race relations Legislation--California Westminster School District of Orange County--Trials, litigation, etc. League of United Latin American Citizens United States. District Court (California) United States. Constitution. 14th Amendment Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Mendez vs. Westminster: Para Todos los Ninos/For All the Children (Television program) Mendez, Gonzalo--Trials, litigation, etc. Warren, Earl, 1891-1974 Plessy, Homer Adolph--Trials, litigation, etc. Ferguson, John H., judge--Trials, litigation, etc. In 1946, eight years before the landmark Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education, Mexican Americans in Orange County, California won a class action lawsuit to dismantle the segregated school system that existed there. In this video segment, Sylvia Mendez recalls the conditions that triggered the lawsuit and her parents' involvement in the case. Major funding for this project is provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Supported in part by a grant from the Open Society Institute. Collection funded by: Opensource. Grade range: 3-12. Lesson plans using this resource: Re-examining Brown. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. [Boston, Mass.] : WGBH Educational Foundation Mendez vs. Westminster: Para Todos los Ninos/For All the Children (KOCE-TV Foundation) Teacher's Domain Civil Rights Special Collection WGBH Educational Foundation Sylvia Mendez 2002/2008 Instructional materials Teaching guides Resource units Videorecordings Oral histories Interviews http://www.teachersdomain.org/resources/osi04/soc/ush/civil/mendez/index.html text/html quicktime/video 12.1 Mb ca. 8m 36s Forms part of: Teacher's Domain Civil Right Special Collection. Forms part of: Mendez vs. Westminster: Para Todos los Ninos/For All the Children. A Quicktime player may be needed to view the streaming video. 1848/1946 Orange County (Calif.) The Teachers' Domain Civil Rights Collection is a collaborative production of WGBH Education Productions, the WGBH Media Library, and WGBH Interactive, in partnership with the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and Washington University in St. Louis. 20110629 152000