A class apart, a Mexican American civil rights story, produced and directed by Carlos Sandoval and Peter Miller ; written by Carlos Sandoval ; a co-production of Camino Bluff Productions, Inc. and the Independent Television Service (ITVS), in association with Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB) for American experience ; [American experience is a production of WGBH Boston] ; senior producer [for the series], Sharon Grimberg
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A class apart, a Mexican American civil rights story, produced and directed by Carlos Sandoval and Peter Miller ; written by Carlos Sandoval ; a co-production of Camino Bluff Productions, Inc. and the Independent Television Service (ITVS), in association with Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB) for American experience ; [American experience is a production of WGBH Boston] ; senior producer [for the series], Sharon Grimberg
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Not rated
Main title
A class apart
Oclc number
317411909
Responsibility statement
produced and directed by Carlos Sandoval and Peter Miller ; written by Carlos Sandoval ; a co-production of Camino Bluff Productions, Inc. and the Independent Television Service (ITVS), in association with Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB) for American experience ; [American experience is a production of WGBH Boston] ; senior producer [for the series], Sharon Grimberg
Runtime
60
Sub title
a Mexican American civil rights story
Summary
In the small town of Edna, Texas, in 1951, field hand Pete Hernández killed a tenant farmer after exchanging words in a cantina. From this murder emerged a landmark civil rights case that would change the lives and legal standing of tens of millions of Americans. Tells the story of an underdog band of Mexican American lawyers who took their case all the way to the Supreme Court, where they challenged Jim Crow-style discrimination against Mexican Americans. Lawyers forged a daring legal strategy, arguing that Mexican Americans were "a class apart" from a legal system that recognized only blacks and whites
Table Of Contents
Introduction to Hernandez v. Texas (2:31) -- Life in the 1950s (1:15) -- History of Discrimination (1:22) -- Racial Categories (0:27) -- Segregation (3:01) -- World War II (1:29) -- Private Felix Longoria: A War Hero Denied (1:53) -- Uphill Battle: Fighting for Equal Rights (1:55) -- The Murder of Pedro Hernandez (2:02) -- Gus Garcia (3:03) -- Trial of Pete Hernandez (2:30) -- A Civil Rights Case (3:37) -- Fight for Identity (2:32) -- Appeal Denied (1:16) -- Case Goes to Supreme Court (2:52) -- Gus Garcia's Problem (4:58) -- Supreme Court (3:45) -- Ruling Announced (2:47) -- Effects of Hernandez v. Texas (3:06)
Technique
live action
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Mexican American civil rights story
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- PBS Distribution (Firm)
- Grimberg, Sharon
- PBS Home Video
- Vega, Aaron
- WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
- Latino Public Broadcasting (Firm)
- Miller, Peter, 1961-
- Olmos, Edward James
- Camino Bluff Productions
- Independent Television Service
- Moore, Allen, 1952-
- Sandoval, Carlos, (Producer and director)
- Schoenberg, Steven
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- Documentary films
- DVD-Video discs
- Procesos por asesinato -- Texas -- Edna
- Mexicano-americanos + Derechos civiles -- Texas -- Historia -- Siglo XX
- Documentary television programs
- Edna (Tex.) -- Race relations -- 20th century
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Trials (Murder) -- Texas -- Edna
- Mexican Americans + Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Mexican Americans + Civil rights -- Texas -- History -- 20th century
- Chicano movement + History -- 20th century
- Television series
- United States -- Race relations -- 20th century
- Hernández, Pete -- Trials, litigation, etc
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- Vega, Aaron
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- Miller, Peter, 1961-
- Olmos, Edward James
- Camino Bluff Productions
- Independent Television Service
- Moore, Allen, 1952-
- Sandoval, Carlos, (Producer and director)
- Schoenberg, Steven
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- DVD-Video discs
- Procesos por asesinato -- Texas -- Edna
- Mexicano-americanos + Derechos civiles -- Texas -- Historia -- Siglo XX
- Documentary television programs
- Edna (Tex.) -- Race relations -- 20th century
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Trials (Murder) -- Texas -- Edna
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- Chicano movement + History -- 20th century
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- United States -- Race relations -- 20th century
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