# BoricuaReceipts Source Packet - Antes de Brown, una boricua peleó por la escuela

Date: 2026-09-11
Public archive status: promoted to site inventory after the approved ElevenLabs Arnold YouTube Short went live.
YouTube Short: https://youtube.com/shorts/ltgzjHf2jpg
Archive slug: `antes-de-brown-una-boricua-peleo-por-la-escuela`
Source continuity: this live episode uses the Felicitas/Mendez source-lock, NARA/DocsTeach primary-source clip, script/storyboard packet, and schedule receipt listed below.

## Public Title

`Antes de Brown, una boricua peleó por la escuela`

## Source-Safe Thesis

Before Brown v. Board, Mendez v. Westminster challenged school segregation in California. The BoricuaReceipts angle is narrow: Felicitas Méndez, born Felicitas Gómez Martínez with Puerto Rican roots, was part of the family at the center of that fight and helped sustain the case.

## Receipt Spine

- NARA/DocsTeach identifies the petition in Mendez v. Westminster School District and the judgement/injunction as primary-source legal documents.
- The case involved children of Mexican and Latino ancestry being separated in other schools.
- The Mendez family and other families sued four Orange County school districts.
- NPS identifies Felicitas Gómez Martínez as Puerto Rican and describes her role supporting the family and lawsuit.

## Guardrails

- Do not say Felicitas alone ended school segregation.
- Do not say the Supreme Court decided Mendez.
- Do not erase the Mexican American families and children at the center of the case.
- Keep the claim as a Boricua mother/family role inside a broader school desegregation legal fight before Brown.

## Sources

- NARA/DocsTeach, `Petition in Mendez v. Westminster School District`: https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/petition-mendez-westminster-school-district
- NARA/DocsTeach, `Judgement and Injunction in Mendez v. Westminster`: https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/judgement-and-injunction-mendez-westminster
- National Park Service, Mendez family / Felicitas background and legacy: https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/mendez-v-westminster.htm
- YouTube Short: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ltgzjHf2jpg

## Related Local Packets

- `deliverables/puerto-rico-history-channel/boricua-receipts-felicitas-mendez-source-lock-v1-2026-09-11.md`
- `deliverables/puerto-rico-history-channel/boricua-receipts-felicitas-mendez-primary-source-clip-v1-2026-09-11.md`
- `deliverables/puerto-rico-history-channel/boricua-receipts-felicitas-mendez-script-draft-v1-2026-09-11.md`
- `deliverables/puerto-rico-history-channel/posting/felicitas-mendez-schedule-receipt-2026-09-11.md`