Chapman to raise $5 million for Mendez project
Chapman University Development Associate Sandra Robbie, Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient Sylvia Mendez, Chapman College of Educational Studies Dean Don Cardinal, CBS News Anchor Laura Diaz and...
View ArticleSylvia Mendez: Staying in touch
Sylvia Mendez receives the Medal of Freedom in February from President Barack Obama. I was poking around on the Web one recent afternoon and decided to search Mendez v. Westminster sites. One that I...
View ArticleSylvia Mendez will speak at UC Riverside
Sylvia Mendez receives the 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama. Sylvia Mendez, whose parents were among the plaintiffs in the landmark Mendez et al v. Westminster School...
View ArticleSylvia Mendez honored by Orange County Board of Education
Board Member David Boyd and Sylvia Mendez. The Orange County Board of Education and County Superintendent of Schools, William M. Habermehl, presented four Outstanding Contributions to Education awards...
View ArticleSchool library to be renamed for Mendez plaintiff Lorenzo Ramirez
The family of Mendez et al v. Westminster et al plaintiff Lorenzo Ramirez gathers for a photo outside the Old Orange County Courthouse. The El Modena High School library will be renamed for Mendez et...
View ArticleDolores Huerta receiving Presidential Medal of Freedom today
In this photo, Dolores Huerta speaks at UC Irvine. Dolores Huerta – a labor and civil rights activist, and co-founder of what later became the United Farm Workers of America – will be presented with...
View ArticleClosing reception for school desegregation exhibit, ‘A Class Action,’ coming...
A closing reception for “A Class Action” – a year-long exhibit highlighting the landmark Mendez et al vs Westminster et al school desegregation case of the 1940s – is being held from 5 to 9 p.m. on...
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