The federal case involving an Orange County family helped pave the way for desegregation of schools in California and the United States.At the center of it all was Sylvia Mendez who was only 10 years old at the time.
"It just makes me so proud because after the case was won and my father did so much, we lost all our money. He lost everything trying to fight this case., 'Gracias, Gonzalo. Thank you for what you've done,' and I think this is it," Mendez said.
"They're monumental in the history of America and the United States of what they accomplished. They were the beginning of opening up equality in education, doing away with the segregation," Gomez said.
I hope she gets Mendez add to the history books. One sentence isn’t much to ask for; it’s not even a run-on one.