March 3, 1885

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Tape v. Hurley Decided

The California Supreme Court ruled that Chinese American children like Mamie Tape could not be barred from public school; San Francisco responded by opening a segregated 'Chinese' school. (Shares Mar 3 with the 1875 Page Act.)

Sources

  1. blogs.loc.gov blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2021/05/before-brown-v-education-there-was-tape-v-hurley
  2. nps.gov nps.gov/people/mary-tape.htm

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