https://padlet.com/dianamzhang/9zeuu2837gqn1udp Diana Zhang en-us 2021-04-21 15:10:27 UTC 2021-11-26 23:08:06 UTC hello@padlet.com dianamzhang https://padlet.com/dianamzhang/9zeuu2837gqn1udp/wish/1443108126 On Feb. 17, 1929: The League of United Latin American Citizens is formed in Corpus Christi, Texas]]> 2021-04-21 15:31:05 UTC https://padlet.com/dianamzhang/9zeuu2837gqn1udp/wish/1443108126 dianamzhang https://padlet.com/dianamzhang/9zeuu2837gqn1udp/wish/1443114518 Desegregated hundreds of public places throughout Texas, such as barber shops, beauty shops, swimming pools, restrooms, water drinking fountains, public dining places, and hotels.]]> 2021-04-21 15:32:16 UTC https://padlet.com/dianamzhang/9zeuu2837gqn1udp/wish/1443114518 dianamzhang https://padlet.com/dianamzhang/9zeuu2837gqn1udp/wish/1443130493 Provided the organization and financial base for the Salvatierra vs. Del Rio Independent School District case, the first class action lawsuit against segregated "Mexican Schools" in Texas.]]> 2021-04-21 15:35:14 UTC https://padlet.com/dianamzhang/9zeuu2837gqn1udp/wish/1443130493 dianamzhang https://padlet.com/dianamzhang/9zeuu2837gqn1udp/wish/1443139600 Pressured the U.S. Census Bureau to reclassify persons of Mexican descent from the designation of "Mexican" to "White". The 1940 census count reflected the change.]]> 2021-04-21 15:36:55 UTC https://padlet.com/dianamzhang/9zeuu2837gqn1udp/wish/1443139600 dianamzhang https://padlet.com/dianamzhang/9zeuu2837gqn1udp/wish/1443141152 Played a major role in filing discrimination cases for the Federal Employment Practices Commission, the first federal civil rights agency.]]> 2021-04-21 15:37:12 UTC https://padlet.com/dianamzhang/9zeuu2837gqn1udp/wish/1443141152 dianamzhang https://padlet.com/dianamzhang/9zeuu2837gqn1udp/wish/1443142121 Successfully sued to integrate the Orange County school system, that had been segregated on the grounds that Mexican children were “more poorly clothed and mentally inferior to white children”.]]> 2021-04-21 15:37:23 UTC https://padlet.com/dianamzhang/9zeuu2837gqn1udp/wish/1443142121 dianamzhang https://padlet.com/dianamzhang/9zeuu2837gqn1udp/wish/1443146355 In Santa Ana, California, filed the "Mendez vs. Westminster Lawsuit" which ended 100 years of segregation in California's public schools and becomes a key precedent for Brown vs. Board of Education.]]> 2021-04-21 15:38:07 UTC https://padlet.com/dianamzhang/9zeuu2837gqn1udp/wish/1443146355 dianamzhang https://padlet.com/dianamzhang/9zeuu2837gqn1udp/wish/1443148555 LULAC Council 1 in Corpus Christi, Texas, and its Veterans Committee, facilitated the formation of the "American G.I. Forum" organization for Mexican American veterans.]]> 2021-04-21 15:38:31 UTC https://padlet.com/dianamzhang/9zeuu2837gqn1udp/wish/1443148555 dianamzhang https://padlet.com/dianamzhang/9zeuu2837gqn1udp/wish/1443151683 LULAC attorneys filed the "Delgado vs. Bastrop I.S.D. Lawsuit" which ended the segregation of Mexican American children in Texas.]]> 2021-04-21 15:39:05 UTC https://padlet.com/dianamzhang/9zeuu2837gqn1udp/wish/1443151683 dianamzhang https://padlet.com/dianamzhang/9zeuu2837gqn1udp/wish/1443152305 LULAC and the American G.I. Forum filed fifteen school desegregation lawsuits in Texas.]]> 2021-04-21 15:39:12 UTC https://padlet.com/dianamzhang/9zeuu2837gqn1udp/wish/1443152305 dianamzhang https://padlet.com/dianamzhang/9zeuu2837gqn1udp/wish/1443153660 LULAC attorneys took the "Hernandez vs. The State of Texas Lawsuit Case" to the Supreme Court, winning the right for Mexican Americans to serve on juries.]]> 2021-04-21 15:39:27 UTC https://padlet.com/dianamzhang/9zeuu2837gqn1udp/wish/1443153660 dianamzhang https://padlet.com/dianamzhang/9zeuu2837gqn1udp/wish/1443155392 LULAC Council 60 in Houston, Texas, worked to transform the Little School of the 400 to "Project Head Start" under the Lyndon B. Johnson administration.]]> 2021-04-21 15:39:46 UTC https://padlet.com/dianamzhang/9zeuu2837gqn1udp/wish/1443155392 dianamzhang https://padlet.com/dianamzhang/9zeuu2837gqn1udp/wish/1443157840 On November 21, John F. Kennedy visited with LULAC at the Rice Hotel in Houston, Texas the day before he was assassinated. This was the first time that a sitting president had appeared at a LULAC event.]]> 2021-04-21 15:40:13 UTC https://padlet.com/dianamzhang/9zeuu2837gqn1udp/wish/1443157840 dianamzhang https://padlet.com/dianamzhang/9zeuu2837gqn1udp/wish/1443159643 LULAC and the American G.I. Forum joined forces to organize SER - Jobs for Progress, now the largest and the most successful work power program in the nation.]]> 2021-04-21 15:40:33 UTC https://padlet.com/dianamzhang/9zeuu2837gqn1udp/wish/1443159643 dianamzhang https://padlet.com/dianamzhang/9zeuu2837gqn1udp/wish/1443160440 LULAC filed the "Cisneros vs. Corpus School District Lawsuit" which defines Hispanic Americans as a minority for the first time.]]> 2021-04-21 15:40:42 UTC https://padlet.com/dianamzhang/9zeuu2837gqn1udp/wish/1443160440