A Class Apart: A Mexican American Civil Rights Story poster

A Class Apart: A Mexican American Civil Rights Story (2009)

Year: 2009
Genres: Documentary
Countries: United States of America
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Runtime: 60 min

Name: A Class Apart: A Mexican American Civil Rights Story
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2009

Built around the landmark 1954 legal case Hernandez v. Texas, the film interweaves the stories of its central characters with a broader story of the civil rights movement. It also brings to life the heroic post-World War II struggle of Mexican Americans fighting to dismantle the discrimination targeted against them.