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Separate is never equal : Sylvia Mendez & her family's fight for desegregation
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Separate is never equal : Sylvia Mendez & her family's fight for desegregation
-- Sylvia Mendez & her family's fight for desegregation
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Years before the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez, an eight-year-old girl of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage, played an instrumental role in Mendez v. Westminster, the landmark desegregation case of 1946 in California.
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Title
Separate is never equal : Sylvia Mendez & her family's fight for desegregation -- Sylvia Mendez & her family's fight for desegregation
Call No
OS 379.2 TON
Authors
Tonatiuh, Duncan
Subjects
Mendez, Sylvia, 1936- sears
School integration--United States.
Hispanic Americans--Education.
Hispanic Americans--Civil rights.
Civil rights movements--History.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 20th Century.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / Hispanic & Latino.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Issues / Prejudice & Racism.
Picture books for children.
Language
English
Published
New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, c2014.
Publication Desc
40 p. : col. ill. ;
ISBN
9781419710544
LCCN
2013032089
Target Audience
4.7
K-3
Dimensions
29 cm.
Awards Note
Pura Belpre Award/Honors, 2015 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award/Honors, 2015