Who is mary tape

Will you please tell me! Is it a disgrace to be Born a Chinese? What right have you to bar my child out of the school because she is [of Chinese Descent?

There is no other worldly reason that you could keep her out. You have expended a lot of the Public money foolishly, all because of one poor little child …. I will let the world see sir what justice there is when it is governed by the race of prejudice men! I guess she is more American [than] a good many of you that is going to prevent her being educated. Their case, Tape v. Hurley , made it all the way to the California Supreme Court, which demanded San Francisco provide education for Chinese children.

Seven decades after she was turned away at the school, and two decades after her death, Brown v. Mary Tape. The basics. Gender female Death The details from wikipedia. Mary Tape was a desegregation activist. Tape fought for equal education. She wanted Chinese American students to study at schools with white students. Mary Tape was born in China. In , Tape came to San Francisco. She was an orphan. She named herself "Mary McGladery.

Mary Tape and her husband Joseph were successful immigrants from China. Joseph served as a translator for the Chinese consul in San Francisco and Mary was a photographer and artist. San Fransico had operated a segregated, but public, school for children of Chinese parents, however, the city cut public funding for the school in , forcing parents to find other means of educating their children. However, the victory came at a cost.

In order to prevent Chinese children from attending public school with white students, they set up a new school for children of Asian ancestry. I see that you are going to make all sorts of excuses to keep my child out of the Public schools. Dear sirs, Will you please to tell me! Is it a disgrace to be born Chinese?