HISTORIES FORGOTTEN DESEGREGATION CASE

It is 1930 and the Lemon Grove school district outside of San Diego orders 75 Mexican American students be forced into a separate school facility from the Anglos.  In 1931, the California court found such segregation was illegal and the policy came to an end.

Brown v. the Board of Education was not until 1954.  One can argue that because Lemon Grove was resolved in a local California court, it is not as significant as Brown which was resolved at the Supreme Court level.  It was very significant to the students who won a right to an equal education.  It is history, deemed not important.  

The Latino community never produced a Mildred Taylor who has authored so many books on the civil right of blacks.  Her books using historical fiction are well read in predominately black schools, but not in mainstream schools. 

"Alvarez and ten other students gave testimony proving that their separation of the school was built on inaccurate information concerning the intelligence and learning capabilities of Mexican and Mexican American students and a prejudiced assumption that these students didn't understand English. Alvarez himself was chosen to be named as the plaintiff because his academic records proved to be a counter to what the school board was presenting to the court case.^[11] " 

Source:  Wikipedia