On January 5, 1931, Mexican students were turned away from the Lemon Grove Grammar School and were told to attend a barnyard for school. As a result, the Mexican community gathered and faced off with the school board, in Roberto Alvarez v. the Board of Trustees of the Lemon Grove School District, and won. This became known as "The Lemon Grove Incident.”
On this episode, Carmen tells Cristina about this historic case
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Music Credit: Hustlin (Instrumental) by Neffex
Sources
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/lemon-grove-incident/https://sandiegohistory.org/journal/1986/april/lemongrove/
Documentary:
https://www.pbs.org/video/the-lemon-grove-incident-gcrfxv/
