Eight students testified in a federal court case in 1956, revealing a discriminatory practice by a Texas school board, administration, and faculty. They were held back for three years in first grade solely because of their Mexican American ethnicity.
Stolen Education
A group of eight Mexican American students were subjected to a discriminatory education system in 1956, where they were held back in first grade for three years by the all-White school board, administration, and faculty in an effort to segregate them.
