Word: genoveva
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Although they were U.S. citizens, over 21 and literate in Spanish, two Los Angeles County residents discovered that they were ineligible to vote because they could not pass an English literacy test required by state law. Genoveva Castro and Jesus Parra challenged the requirement on the ground that it violated their 14th Amendment right to equal protection of the laws. In a pioneering decision, the California Supreme Court ruled that the right to vote cannot be denied solely on the basis of the English literacy test. "It would be ironic," said the court, "that petitioners, who are heirs...