TY - BOOK AU - Strum,Philippa TI - Mendez v. Westminster: school desegregation and Mexican-American rights T2 - Landmark law cases & American society SN - 9780700617197 (pbk. : alk. paper) U1 - 344.7307980264 21 PY - 2010/// CY - Lawrence, Kan. PB - University Press of Kansas KW - Méndez, Gonzalo. KW - Westminster School District (Orange County, Calif.) KW - Segregation in education KW - Law and legislation KW - United States KW - Discrimination in education KW - Mexican Americans KW - Education KW - Legal status, laws, etc KW - California KW - Orange County N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Mexican-Americans in California -- From Lemon Grove to the zoot suit riots -- The parents decide to sue -- Race, ethnicity, and trial strategies -- The trial begins -- "We always tell our children they are Americans" -- The experts testify -- Judge McCormick decides -- From the Court of Appeals to the state legislature; law ER -