People seldom hear how a #California #Latino family (#PuertoRican & #Mexican) set key legal precedent for #BrownVBoardOfEd. On #ThisDayInHistory in 1946, they won their case, #MendezVWestminster, shutting down CA's #segregated school system that kept white & Hispanic kids apart.

#OTD #TDIH #July2, 1908: #HBD #ThurgoodMarshall! #SupremeCourtJustices #GreatLawyers #AfricanAmericans #BlackAmericans #Freemasons #NAACP #BrownVBoardOfEd #Segregation #JimCrow #RacialSegregation #CivilRightsMovement #AfricanAmericanHistory #BlackSky
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