Del Rio ISD v. Salvatierra is a
Texas Supreme Court
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ruling filed in 1930.
Background
The ruling sought to determine whether or not segregated schools for
Hispanics
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were necessary. It ruled calling for the segregation of blacks, whites, and hispanics into three separate school systems. It was later overturned b''y Delgado v. Bastrop ISD.'' Cassandra M. Vara credits the ruling with mobilizing the
Latino
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community to fight for their rights.
See also
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Lemon Grove Incident
The Lemon Grove Case (Roberto Alvarez vs. the board of trustees of the Lemon Grove School District), commonly known as the Lemon Grove Incident, was the United States' first successful school desegregation case. The incident occurred in 1930 and ...
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Clark v. Board of School Directors
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Mendez v. Westminster
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Maestas vs. George H. Shone
References
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20th-century American trials
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Legal history of Texas
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Civil rights movement case law
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School segregation in the United States
United States racial discrimination case law