A Class Apart
American Experience · Season 21 · Episode 4
From a small-town Texas murder emerged a landmark civil rights case. The little-known story of the Mexican American lawyers who took Hernandez v. Texas to the Supreme Court, challenging Jim Crow-style discrimination.
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Season
21
Episode
4
Air Date
23/Feb/2009
Air Time
20:00
Runtime
55 min
Overview
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From a small-town Texas murder emerged a landmark civil rights case. The little-known story of the Mexican American lawyers who took Hernandez v. Texas to the Supreme Court, challenging Jim Crow-style discrimination.
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