Cisneros v. CCISD

Cisneros v. Corpus Christi Independent School District (CCISD) was a 1970 federal court case in the Southern District of Texas which determined that Mexican Americans were an "identifiable ethnic-minority group,"^[1] and were subject to discriminatory educational practices. The case involved the Corpus Christi Independent School District of Texas, accused of segregating and performing discriminatory acts towards Mexican American students.

^ Donato, Rubén; Hanson, Jarrod (June 2012). "Legally White, Socially 'Mexican': The Politics of De Jure and De Facto School Segregation in the American Southwest". Harvard Educational Review. 82 (2): 202–225. doi:10.17763/haer.82.2.a562315u72355106.

[Donato_Hanson_2012-1] Donato, Rubén; Hanson, Jarrod (June 2012). "Legally White, Socially 'Mexican': The Politics of De Jure and De Facto School Segregation in the American Southwest". Harvard Educational Review. 82 (2): 202–225. doi:10.17763/haer.82.2.a562315u72355106.

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