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2014 U. Chi. Legal F. 1 (2014)

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Reflections on the Fiftieth Anniversary of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Nina Peralest
I want to thank the University of Chicago Law School and
the Symposium. It is an honor to participate in this important
event.
When thinking about the Civil Rights Act turning fifty, a
few personal things come to mind. In the summer of 1964, when
President Lyndon Johnson was signing the Civil Rights Act, 1 my
father was a second-year law student in New York City. He was
the only Latino in his law school class and in those times it
wasn't that unusual to be the only Latino student at a law
school.
In that summer of 1964, my father and classmate named
Richard Panebianco took a road trip and passed through Texas.
My father has never explained to me why these two guys from
New York took a road trip through Texas, but in any event they
stopped at a restaurant for dinner and the proprietor refused to
seat them. I think my father already suspected what was
Vice President of Litigation, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational
Fund.
1 Civil Rights Act of 1964, Pub L No 88-352, 78 Stat 241 (1964), codified as
amended in scattered sections of 42 USC.

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