Arts & Lectures Explores Historic Lemon Grove Case
The final Arts & Lectures event of the spring semester features a lecture on the 1931 landmark case Roberto Alvarez v. the Board of Trustees of the Lemon Grove School District, which was the first successful school desegregation court decision in U.S. history.
The event is at 6 p.m. on April 23 in the USU Ballroom. Reserve tickets online via the Arts & Lectures website.
This lecture by Dr. Robert R. Alvarez Jr., a professor emeritus of ethnic studies at UC San Diego and the son of the lead plaintiff in the case, will review the specific struggle by the Mexican families of Lemon Grove in the greater context of the Mexican challenge to U.S. school desegregation.
The case established the rights of children of Mexican immigrants to equal education, despite local, regional and national sentiment that favored not only segregation, but the actual deportation of the Mexican population in the United States. Current educational equity issues for Mexican immigrant and Latino communities will be contextualized through regional data compiled by the National Latino Research Center at CSUSM.
CSUSM’s Arts & Lectures series offers a diverse lineup of artistic, cultural and scholarly events every semester based on input and proposals from students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members.
What: Arts & Lectures event, “Educational Equality Now!”
Who: Robert R. Alvarez Jr., a professor emeritus of ethnic studies at UC San Diego and the son of the lead plaintiff in the case Roberto Alvarez v. the Board of Trustees of the Lemon Grove School District.
When: 6 p.m., Wednesday, April 23
Where: USU Ballroom
Tickets: Visit the Arts & Lectures ticket webpage
Cost: Free for CSUSM students; $5 for faculty, staff and alumni; $10 for community members
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