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The Garza Case: Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund Lawsuit Created First Latino-Majority Seat on Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund issued the following news release:
For years, the white men who always managed to win election to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors were called the "Five Little Kings." Even as the Latino population continued to grow, the revolving door of white supervisors continued the same as it had since the current county boundaries were drawn in 1885.
It took a voting rights lawsuit by MALDEF and others called Yolanda
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