But it taxes our credulity to say that mere chance resulted…

But it taxes our credulity to say that mere chance resulted in their [sic] being no members of this class among the over six thousand jurors called in the past 25 years. The result bespeaks discrimination, . . . [Hernandez’s] only claim is the right to be indicted and tried by juries from which all members of his class are not systematically excluded – juries selected from among all qualified persons regardless of national origin or descent. To this much, he is entitled by the Constitution.   — Chief Justice Earl Warren, Hernandez v. Texas, May 3, 1954   How did this Supreme Court decision affect judicial interpretations of the Constitution?

Key:  legal action, Southern Christian Leadership Conference…

Key:  legal action, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, direct confrontation,  United Farm Workers’ Organizing Committee,  non violent resistance, Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee The [answer1] was a major organization in the Chicano rights movement of the 1970s. This group used  [answer2] to promote equal treatment for Latinos.