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Download full textPrewitt, Steven W. – 2001
The history of San Felipe School District (Texas), 1894-1971, depicts a situation in which Mexican Americans had control of local schools. Established in the Mexican "barrio" of the racially divided border town of Del Rio, San Felipe resisted annexation to the Anglo school district and became an independent school district in 1929.…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Cultural Maintenance, De Facto Segregation, Disadvantaged Schools
