Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Hernandez v. Texas

Chicano-Latino Law Review, I never studied the Hernandez v.Texas' case in law school, and never heard of it in civics class or in regular civilian life.As I pursued my career as a law professor and legal scholar, I saw tantalizing references to the case, and looked it up one day in the law library, pulling out the U.S. Supreme Court Reporter volume.The law librarian who helped me knew exactly where the volume was, as many people had requested her help to read the Brown v. Board of Education decision. 2There it was, just before Brown.As were others who are writing in this Commemorating issue, I was riveted by the Court's decision, which sketches 1950s Texas justice, the role of Mexican Americans, and the symbolic signage of the Jackson County Courthouse bathrooms that struck the justices so clearly

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