PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE STUDENT MOVEMENT OF THE 1960S
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It meant that they were no longer excluded from jury duty in court cases.
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It ended the practice of forcing Mexican Americans to attend segregated schools.
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It meant that they could participate more fully in the justice system.
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It showed that Mexican Americans could win a Supreme Court case.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Pete Hernandez received a new trial with a jury that included Mexican Americans, and was again found guilty of murder. The Supreme Court’s decision set a precedent that led to successful challenges of employment and housing discrimination, school segregation, and voting rights barriers against Mexican Americans.
Detailed explanation-2: -In Hernandez v. Texas, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the Fourteenth Amendment applied to all racial and ethnic groups facing discrimination, effectively broadening civil rights laws to include Hispanics and all other non-whites.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hernandez was found guilty of murder and sentenced by the all-Anglo jury to life in prison.
Detailed explanation-4: -13. What arguments did the state of Texas use in its response? The state argued there was no attempt to discriminate and that it was just a coincidence that no Hispanics had served on a jury in Jackson County.