Without Separation: Prejudice, Segregation, and the Case of Roberto Alvarez

This important yet little-known civil rights story focuses on Roberto Alvarez, a student whose 1931 court battle against racism and school segregation in Lemon Grove, California, is considered the first time an immigrant community used the courts to successfully fight injustice. A must-read for young activists, or for anyone interested in standing up for what's right.

Roberto Alvarez’s world changed the day he could no longer attend Lemon Grove Grammar School in the small, rural community ...