Lemon Grove honors 95th anniversary of landmark school desegregation case

Lemon Grove honors 95th anniversary of landmark school desegregation case

Lemon Grove City Council members on Tuesday night celebrated the “Lemon Grove Incident,” which was a precursor to the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case.

In January 1931, 12-year-old Roberto Alvarez was among 75 Mexican-American students returning to the Lemon Grove Grammar School after their Christmas break. But when the students approached the scho… [+4604 chars]