Unlike segregated schools for Black students, segregated schools for Latino students have not been designated national historic sites. Advocates hope to change that.
The promise of peace is one we should all take to heart because it’s so fragile. So what happened at Campo de Cahuenga took on an outsize role in how Southern California remembered its history.
Only a couple of Black men lived in Marfa, Silva said, and Black visitors knew not to stay overnight, that it was a “sundown town.” . But years passed before the rest of California’s “Mexican” schools, whose calendars remained shaped by harvest seasons for citrus and walnuts, were integrated.A decade after the Lemon Grove case, more than 80% of the state’s Mexican American students still attended segregated schools. It took another lawsuit by parents in WestminsterSen. Padilla, 48, grew up attending San Fernando Valley schools that were largely Latino, still integrating through busing.
Three months into the job, Sen. Alex Padilla is trying to introduce himself to as many Californians as possible and touting his progressive values.
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