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Marisela Martinez-Cola

Author Marisela Martinez-Cola discusses her book "The Bricks before Brown: The Chinese American, Native American, and Mexican Americans' Struggle for Educational Equality" - a look at the diverse history of litigation that preceded Brown v. Board of Education.

In her book, Marisela reveals the significance of Chinese American, Native American, and Mexican American segregation cases that provided an opportunity for an increasingly diverse America to be fully invested in the complete grand narrative of the civil rights movement. To illustrate the evolution of these cases, she focuses on three court cases from California, including these stories as part of the “long civil rights movement”, and thus expands our understanding of the scope of that movement along racial, gender, and class lines. Comparing and discussing the meaning of the other court cases that led to the Brown decision strengthens the standing of Brown while revealing all the twists and turns inherent in the struggle for equality.

This program is free and open to the public. Registration is recommended. Complimentary dessert and refreshments. 

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