Michael Bennet

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Fri Oct 15 23:56:54 +0000 2021

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Michael Bennet @SenatorBennet

The decision allowed kids to attend the school most convenient to them. For years prior, Mexican and Spanish American kids in Alamosa like young Miguel Maestas were required to attend the Mexican Preparatory School even if other schools were closer to their homes. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 15, 2021

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Michael Bennet @SenatorBennet

As #HispanicHeritageMonth comes to a close, I want to highlight Maestas vs George H. Shone — a 1913 landmark school desegregation case in Colorado. Many experts believe it was the first successful Hispanic desegregation case in the US. https://t.co/DS1D5JcxJ9 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 15, 2021

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Michael Bennet @SenatorBennet

I heard about this case first-hand in Alamosa last year. It is just one example of how Mexican and Spanish communities in Alamosa at the turn of the century fought to move our country closer toward our highest ideals of equality and opportunity for all. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 15, 2021