Stamp Honors 60th Anniversary of Landmark Desegregation Case

U.S. Newswire, September, 2007

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Mendez v. Westminster Set the Stage for Equality in Education Nationwide

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SANTA ANA, Calif., Sept. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sixty years ago, a landmark desegregation ruling opened the door toward equality in education for Mexican-American students in California -- and ultimately for all students in the United States.

Tomorrow, many of the students who attended desegregated schools for the first time in 1947 will be on hand when the U.S. Postal Service...

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