Michael A Olivas
2) "Colored men" and "hombres aquí": Hernández v. Texas and the emergence of Mexican-American lawyering
Description
"Colored Men" and "Hombres Aqui" commemorates the 50th anniversary of an important but almost forgotten U.S. Supreme Court case, Hernandez v. Texas, 347 US 475 (1954), the major case involving Mexican Americans and jury selection, published just before Brown v Board of Education in the 1954 Supreme Court reporter.