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'No Mexicans Allowed:' School Segregation in the Southwest

Published March 11, 2016 at 3:47 PM EST

African-Americans weren't the only group of people segregated in U.S. history. We hear from a Mexican-American who was prohibited from attending white schools in the Southwest.

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