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Clear All Subject Lawsuits Location United States, California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles State Texas

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John J. Herrera papers

Description:: John James Herrera (1910-1986), a lawyer and leading civil rights advocate for Mexican Americans, played a role in key cases that ultimately established that separate schools for Mexican American children were illegal and that the systematic exclusion of Spanish-speaking citizens from service on juries was unconstitutional.
Date of Original:: 1930/1987
Contributing Institution:: University of North Texas. Libraries