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John James Herrera (Civil Rights Leader) - Age, Birthday, Bio, Facts, Family, Net Worth, Height & More

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October 12, 1986 (76 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Aries
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Celebrities born on April 12
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John James Herrera was an American attorney, activist, and leader in the Chicano Movement. Herrera was born in Cravens, Louisiana. He joined the League of United Latin American Citizens in 1933 and began practicing law in Houston, Texas in 1943. During World War II, he was involved in the movement to end employment discrimination against Mexican-Americans in Houston shipyards. In 1948 he joined the legal team that brought the school-discrimination case of Minerva Delgado against the Bastrop Independent School District to the Texas Supreme Court. The ruling declared educational segregation of Mexican American students illegal in Texas. In 1954, he authored the briefs for the case of Hernandez v. Texas that argued that the exclusion of Mexican American jurors was unconstitutional. The case reached the Supreme Court, which decided in Hernandez's favor. Herrera was also a lifelong member of the Democratic Party.

About John James Herrera

Civil Rights Leader John James Herrera was born on April 12, 1910 in Louisiana, United States (He dies at the age of 76, on October 12, 1986).

Attorney, civil rights campaigner, and Mexican-American civil rights pioneer. He was part of the legal team that worked on the famous Minerva Delgado school discrimination case in Texas.

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John James Herrera before becoming famous

John James Herrera was born in the Zodiac sign Aries (The Ram), and 1910 is also the year of Dog (狗) in the Chinese Zodiac.

In Houston shipyards, he was part in the fight to end job discrimination against Mexican-Americans.

Achievement of John James Herrera

Juan Jose Herrera and Antonia Jimenez were his parents. He was derived from Canary Island natives on his father's side.

John James Herrera's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He married Olivia Cisneros and they have six children together. He married Carmen Luisa Garcia after divorcing Cisneros, with whom he had another son.

John James Herrera Collabed with

When President US President John F. Kennedy spoke at a League of United Latin American Citizens conference the day before his assassination, he introduced him.

John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963) (US President)
John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963)

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John James Herrera Income & Net worth

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Latest information about John James Herrera updated on March 12 2023.