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