EXHIBIT – Cisneros V. Corpus Christi ISD: The Long Fight to End School Segregation
MACRI Visitor Center 2123 Buena Vista St, San Antonio, TX, United StatesExplore MACRI’s new traveling exhibit, CISNEROS V. CORPUS CHRISTI ISD: THE LONG FIGHT TO END SCHOOL SEGREGATION. In 1968, José Cisneros and twenty-five other Mexican American parents sued Corpus Christi Independent School District for illegally segregating Mexican American students into poorly maintained and under-resourced schools separate from Anglo schools. The court found that the school district […]