The Landmark School Desegregation Case You Have Not Heard About | CU Boulder's Ed Talks

The Landmark School Desegregation Case You Have Not Heard About
Rubén Donato, Professor and Bob & Judy Charles Endowed Chair, and Judge Martin Gonzales, Retired 12th Judicial District Judge
Certain movements have become iconic symbols of civil rights movements - Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 and the fight to end segregated schooling evoke images of young people like Ruby Bridges and The Little Rock Nine tearing down racial barriers. Struggles against school segregation are memorialized in textbooks and curricula, but Mexican Americans have a long-standing but lesser-known history in the struggle against school segregation. Forgotten for over a century, the Maestas v. Shone case is one of the earliest known successful challenges by Mexican Americans to end school segregation in the United States, and the 1913 lawsuit took place in Colorado’s San Luis Valley, a region with deep Hispano/a roots. Short musical performance by Dr. Antonio Esquibel.
Video taken at the 2023 CU Boulder’s Ed Talks in April at the Dairy Arts Center. Inspired by TED Talks, CU Boulder's Ed Talks explore "hot topics" in education through short, engaging presentations led by education professors, researchers, and collaborators. Held biannually, CU Boulder's Ed Talks are free and open to the public and often held at the Dairy Arts Center.
Ed Talks were filmed by Tom Parkin (www.coloradohealthmatters.com).