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1885

In Tape v. Hurley, Mamie Tape foughtor the right to public education.

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     Tape v. Hurley, 66 Cal. 473 (1885) was a landmark case in the Clifornia Supreme Court. In 1884, Mamie, then eight years old, was denied admission to the Spring Valley School due to her Chiese ancestry.

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     Her parents sued the San Francisco Board of Education and won. Their argument was that the school entrance to the public schools would be a violation of the law of the state and the Constitution of the United States."

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     A bill was quickly passed to establish the Oriental Public School in San Fancisco. The school was renamed Gordon J. Lau Elementary School in 1998.

　　1848年以來，加州掀起淘金熱，短短一年就30萬人擠到加州，因 為激增的人口，政府設立了7所公立學校。

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　　1852年，舊金山已有 兩萬華人居民。1884年，出身富裕的華裔女孩 Mamie Tape 時年 8歲，父母打算讓她就讀公立小學卻被拒收，因為當時的公立小 學只收白人。她的父母一狀告到加州最高法院，獲得勝訴。

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　　但舊金山教育委員會說服加州州議會，通過設置華裔專校的法案，讓 華裔只能就讀華裔小學，堅決貫徹種族隔離政策。

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　　舊金山也因此在1859年成立第一所華人小學「東方公立小學」。

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　　此校經過多次更名，現為「劉貴明小學」，紀念這位人權鬥士。

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