The Brown v.Topeka Board of Education case of 1954 was preceded by a case in New York City brought in behalf of Puerto Rican children.

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The Brown v.Topeka Board of Education case of 1954 was preceded by a case in New York City  brought in behalf of Puerto Rican children.

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This is true. The case was known as Hernandez v. Texas (1954). It challenged the practice of excluding Mexican Americans from juries in Texas. Though it was not directly related to school segregation, it was one of the cases that contributed to the momentum of the civil rights movement and the eventual overturning of segregation in Brown v. Board of Education.

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