EL CHICANo Weekly
Vol 59, NO. 40
Septembe r 22, 2022
L o p e z V. S e c c o m b e R e e n a c t m e n t a t M i t l a ’ s C a f e b r o u g h t f o r t h the tr uths of hispanic’s discriminitive past in San Ber nardino
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Over 200 students, community leaders and dignitaries attending the Lopez V. Seccombe Reenactment on September 15th.
By Manny Sandoval
n September 15th, the first day of Hispanic Heritage Month, San Bernardino County Superior Court Judge John Pacheco coordinated a reenactment of the iconic Lopez V. Seccombe case, desegregating recreational
facilities in San Bernardino in 1944.
The case was brought forth after three Mexican-American boys between the ages of 13-16 were refused entry into the Perris Hill Plunge due to their ethnicity.
At the reenactment, Brown University Professor Mark Ocegueda introduced the case to an audience filled with dignitaries and students from high schools across the inland empire. “The three boys were stopped as they were entering the Perris
Hill Plunge and asked if they were Mexican. They were turned away because Mexicans were only allowed to enter the day before the water was drained,” said Ocegueda. Ultimately, the Constitution’s Lopez V. Seccombe cont. on next pg.
SBVC’s Institute of Media Arts hosts filmmaker conference with Iconic That 70’s Show Editor Michael Karlich
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By Manny Sandoval
September 15
through October 15 is National Hispanic
Heritage Month Pg. 5
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n Saturday, September 17th, the Institute of Media Arts (IMA) held its Inland Empire 48 Hour Film Project Filmmaker Conference, which provided filmmakers from across the region with the tools, resources and confidence they need to turn their filmmaker dreams into a reality.
San Bernardino Valley College’s Institute of Media Arts is affiliated with the college’s Film, Television, and Media department (FTVM), which provides students and the public a path to cinema, television, and all multimedia platforms via filmmaking projects, tools and resources, internships, IMA, cont. on pg. 2
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IE 48 Hour Film project Producer Kevin Lyons moderating a panel featuring four distinguished Inland filmmakers, who provided insight into producing a quality film in 48 hours.