Sylvia Mendez, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Sylvia Mendez

American activist

Date of Birth: 07-Jun-1936

Place of Birth: Santa Ana, California, United States

Profession: activist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Sylvia Mendez (born June 7, 1936) is an American civil rights activist of Mexican-Puerto Rican heritage.
At age eight, she played an instrumental role in the Mendez v.
Westminster case, the landmark desegregation case of 1946.
The case successfully ended de jure segregation in California and paved the way for integration and the American civil rights movement.Mendez grew up during a time when most southern and southwestern schools were segregated.
In the case of California, Hispanics were not allowed to attend schools that were designated for "Whites" only and were sent to the so-called "Mexican schools." Mendez was denied enrollment to a "Whites" only school, an event which prompted her parents to take action and together organized various sectors of the Hispanic community who filed a lawsuit in the local federal court.
The success of their action, of which Sylvia was the principal catalyst, would eventually bring to an end the era of segregated education.
She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian honor, on February 15, 2011.

Pete Souza (1954–)

	Alternative names	Peter J. Souza
	Description	American photographer, photojournalist and journalist
	Date of birth	31 December 1954
	Location of birth	Bristol County
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