Talk:Mendez v. Westminster

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Background[edit]

Initially funding of the case was provided for by Gonzalo Mendez, with additional help later coming from his family, neighbors, friends, and a bevy of organized community volunteers going door-to-door. This preceeded the fundraising efforts of the LULAC Orange County membership. This information has been confirmed by two independent sources. In Philippa Strum's very well-researched book, "Mendez v. Westminster: School Desegregation and Mexican-American Rights", on pages 52-53 she wrote, "Now, however, Méndez and Marcus were ready to give up on negotiations with the four school boards, as there was no indication that desegregation would take place anytime soon. The Méndezes would provide the bulk of the money for Marcus's fee and for expenses, because the high wartime price of agricultural products had made the farms they ran very lucrative." Also, in the course of writing the reference article, "Landmark Mendez v. Westminster Case Receives Some National Media Attention", the author had also interviewed still living case participants. After having spoken with some original membership of the Mexican American Voters League and LULAC of Orange County, it was once again confirmed that Gonzalo Mendez had provided the majority of initial funding on the case, which is also ultimately primarily named because of his first involvement. On a side note, it should also be mentioned that the local community involvements later on were great. The source(s) have also been emphatic in emphasizing that the LULAC Santa Ana Council #147 developed out of membership from the Mexican American Voters League of Orange County during the time of the proceedings. It has also been stated, that, it wasn’t until the time of the appeal case that the Santa Ana LULAC Council #147 was formed to then become involved. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cityside Seraph (talk • contribs) 19:46, 23 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sources[edit]

Was David S. Ettinger's The History of School Desegregation in the Ninth Circuit actually used as a source in the writing of this? I ask because the anon who added it to the source list didn't even include Ettinger's name. And, no, I haven't read it either. - Jmabel | Talk 01:26, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

@Jmabel The Ettinger piece supports exactly the statement made in that paragraph. 100.16.207.2 (talk) 21:27, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Commemorative stamp[edit]

The U.S Post Office is going to honor Mendez v. Westminster with a commemorative stamp on September 14, 2007. Here's the source:[1] - Throw 06:32, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Wiki Education assignment: Adding Immigrants Quantitative Sources for Latino Immigration History[edit]

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 11 January 2023 and 1 May 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Cbak8582 (article contribs).

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Delete content[edit]

@Wrventura I didn't quite understand what you mean. Sarah SchneiderCH (talk) 22:59, 26 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The intro should be more succinct so that people immediately understand what this case was about; that is to say, Mendez was a case about special education for Spanish speakers - NOT race. The second quote, which is taken out of context detracts from that. That quote about "lineage" should be added to another section with further explanation. Wrventura (talk) 23:07, 26 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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