1.7K views · 30 reactions | Sylvia Mendez was 9 when her father became a plaintiff in a lawsuit that forced the Westminster school district, in Orange County, Calif., to allow children of Mexican descent to attend schools with white students. Watch this video from our archives to learn about this important fight that led to the desegregation of public schools in California seven years before the 1954 U.S Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education. | Education Week | Facebook

Sidney Poitier stars in SEPARATE BUT EQUAL: THE MINI-SERIES (1991) — coming to Blu-ray for the first time worldwide this month! ⚖️🏛️💼 Poitier gives a powerful performance as Thurgood Marshall, lead attorney in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case, which led to the desegregation of American public schools. What began in a small South Carolina town led to the most significant judicial decision of the 20th century, changing the course of American history. Co-starring Burt Lancaster in hi