The federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles will be formally named Wednesday in honor of civil rights trailblazers Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez. The Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez U.S. Courthouse is named for the family that fought alongside the Ramirez, Estrada, Guzman and Palomino families in the landmark 1947 federal case Mendez v. Westminster that led […]
