October 16, 2006 :: No. 44
| Who / What: |
Gustavo Arellano, OC Weekly’s “Ask a
Mexican” columnist, will deliver a lecture on
the plight of Mexicans in Orange County, followed by
a screening
of the Emmy-winning short documentary “Menendez vs. Westminster: For All
the Children/Para Todos Los Ninos.” The film is about the 1946 case of
school desegregation in Orange County that preceded the landmark Brown vs. Board
of Education ruling. The program is open to the public free of charge. |
| Where: |
Cal State Fullerton’s Langsdorf Hall, Room
321 |
| When: |
Tuesday, Oct. 17
4 p.m. |
| More: |
Arellano also will discuss the history of the 1936
strike of Orange County’s citrus pickers and
lesser-known stories about Mexicans in Orange County. |
| Sponsors: |
CSUF’s American Studies and Chicana and Chicano
Studies departments. |
| Media Contacts: |
Elaine Lewinnek, American Studies, 657-278-3595
or elewinnek@fullerton.edu
Valerie
Orleans, Public Affairs, 657-278-4540 or vorleans@fullerton.edu
Mimi Ko Cruz, Public Affairs, 657-278-7586 or mkocruz@fullerton.edu
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