Kinney Kinmon Lau (b. 1964)
b. San Francisco, California
Lau v. Nichols (1973)
Do You Know? Kinney Lau was only nine years old and only one of 1,800 students who were represented in the case.
What: The San Francisco Unified School District was sued because it did not provide adequate help for students with limited English proficiency.
Decision: The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the school district must provide equal opportunities and access to all students.
Today: Every school provides English as a Second Language (ESL) and/or bilingual instruction to help children with limited English proficiency.
(Drawing by Perla Solano Aceves, SFSU 2020)