Photos by Aidan McGloin
The first desegregation ruling in the nation, brought by a Los Angeles lawyer who was later cited in the school desegregation case Brown v. Board of Education, was for San Bernardino’s public pool and was fought through the efforts of parents, reporters, priests and lawyers.
The American Board of Trial Advocates reenacted the 1944 case Lopez v. Seccombe to students at the Mitla Cafe’s banquet hall in San Bernardino Sept. 15. San Bernardino native and Brown University History Professor Mark Ocegueda flew in to present his research. Roughly 150 people attended the presentation, which was also
