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WATCH: See Latina Who Fought Segregation Receive Highest Presidential Honor

By Damarys Ocaña Perez | 02/04/2011 - 12:09 | 0 Comments

She was a civil rights hero at age 8, a Rosa Parks before Rosa Parks whose struggle to end school segregation is still shockingly little known by the public, but nevertheless inspired a postal stamp. At 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sylvia Mendez will receive an even bigger honor: the Presidential Medal of Freedom,...