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March 25, 2013
Panel on History of Mexican-American Baseball in OC at Fullerton Library THIS THURSDAY!
And the hit parade just keeps on coming for my "Gustavo's Awesome Lecture Series!" After packed rooms for author Hector Tobar and USC sociology professor Jody Agius Vallejo in January and February, respectively, I predict next Thursday might be the biggest one of the season because of the topic: a p ... More >>
Blogs
December 2, 2011
Alex Bernal Story Gets Enshrined in StoryCorps Archives, Gets Highlighted on KCRW
Alex Bernal and familia...Last month, I was honored to be able to interview Joe Bernal, the son of Fullerton civil rights pioneer Alex Bernal, as part of StoryCorps. It happened due to the generosity of KCRW-FM 89.9, who's hosting the oral history project at LACMA via StoryCorps' awesome Airstrea ... More >>
Blogs
November 29, 2011
When Fullerton Residents Discriminated Against African-American and Latino Veterans Returning from World War II
The institutional racism of Orange County knows no bounds, of course, but researcher Luis F. Fernández--the Cal State Fullerton grad who resurrected the Alex Bernal case from the dustbins of you-know-what--found a case that had even me shaking my head.In 1946, the Fullerton Planning Commission h ... More >>
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November 22, 2011
Over 70 Attend UCLA Symposium on Alex Bernal Case
Despite it happening on a Monday morning, despite it happening during Thanksgiving week, despite it happening far from the scene of the incident, more than 70 people filled into the California Room of the UCLA Faculty Center yesterday to attend a symposium on Doss vs. Bernal, the 1943 civil right ... More >>
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November 16, 2011
Alex Bernal, Fullerton Civil Rights Hero, to Get His Day in the Academic Symposium Sun at UCLA Nov. 21
Bernal and his family, in a 1943 TimephotoThere is a lot of great movement going on right now with the story of Alex Bernal, the American citizen of Mexican ancestry whose 1943 fight against housing covenants in Fullerton paved the way for many of the civil-rights achievements for African-America ... More >>
Blogs
February 15, 2011
Announcing the 'Which OC Pioneers Were KKK Members?' Series!
Last week, Luis F. Fernandez--the historian who rediscovered the long-forgotten desegregation story of Alex Bernal--went to the Anaheim Heritage Room and got a copy of a list that had long eluded him: the membership roll of the Orange County chapter of the Ku Klux Klan during the 1920s, when the ... More >>
Blogs
October 29, 2010
Over 200 People Attend Seminar at Fullerton Public Library on Historic Alex Bernal Case
Who says the public doesn't like history? On Wednesday night at the Fullerton Public Library, I moderated a seminar on the life of Alex Bernal, the brave Fullerton man who stood against his racist, litigious white neighbors that wanted him out of their neighborhood on account of his Mexican herit ... More >>
Blogs
October 18, 2010
Seminar on Historic Alex Bernal Housing Discrimantion Case to Happen Next Week at the Fullerton Public Library
I know there's more than a few history buffs out there, so this should excite ustedes: next Wednesday, the Fullerton Public Library will host a seminar on the case of Alex Bernal, the Fullerton resident whose successful struggle against a housing discrimination lawsuit filed against him in 1943 b ... More >>
Blogs
September 18, 2010
Cal State Fullerton Grad Student Grad Finds Missing Link Between Alex Bernal Housing Covenant Case and the Supreme Court
Courtesy of the Bernal familiaThe pioneering Bernals of FullertonIt was a pleasure earlier this summer to report on the story of Alex Bernal, the longtime Fullerton resident who successfully fought off a lawsuit filed by racist white neighbors in 1943 that wanted him out of their neighborhood sol ... More >>
News
May 6, 2010
Mi Casa Es Mi Casa
How Fullerton resident Alex Bernal's 1943 battle against housing discrimination helped change the course of American civil rights