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Education

May 11, 2004

Child Made State History In Bias Case

LOS ANGELES - Sylvia Mendez was only 9 when she testified about attending a "Mexican" school in Orange County. Speaking in her parents' landmark 1945 challenge to segregated schools in Westminster, Mendez explained how her day started with a bus ride to a white school miles away.

By Jory Farr
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        LOS ANGELES - Sylvia Mendez was only 9 when she testified about attending a "Mexican" school in Orange County.

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