Special Features
- Photo Gallery: Mexican Americans Who Made A Difference
- Film: Class Apart (Spanish)
- Bonus Video: Deleted Scenes from the Film
- Further Reading: Related Books, Films and Websites
- Bonus Video: Behind the Scenes with the Filmmaker
- Preview: A Class Apart Preview
From a small-town Texas murder emerged a landmark civil rights case. The little-known story of the Mexican American lawyers who took Hernandez v. Texas to the Supreme Court, challenging Jim Crow-style discrimination. THIS FILM STOPS STREAMING ONLINE FEBRUARY 23, 2012.
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A Class Among Men
When you’re a little kid, your dad is invincible, a hero. There’s nothing that can hurt him – he’s the strongest, coolest, smartest dad on the block. My dad still is. He quit high school to support a family of eight after his father died but still found time to earn his GED. Later in life, he and my mother raised three boys, finding time between the intense sibling rivalries to send one to college. I share a piece of my personal history with you not for sympathy or pity but because I recently discovered a chink in my dad’s armor. I sent him a copy of A Class Apart, an American Experience film that highlighted a little-known Supreme Court case that established a foothold for Latino civil rights. After watching it, to my surprise, he said, "Mijo, I remember when this happened."
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