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Separate is never equal : 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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tonatiuh, Duncan
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014.
Subjects:
School integration > United States > Juvenile literature.
Hispanic Americans > Education > Juvenile literature.
Hispanic Americans > Civil rights > Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Mendez, Sylvia, > 1936- > Childhood and youth > Juvenile literature.
School integration > United States.
Hispanic Americans > Education.
Hispanic Americans > Civil rights.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century.
Mendez, Sylvia, > 1936-
JUVENILE NONFICTION > United States > History > 20th Century.
JUVENILE NONFICTION > People & Places > United States > Hispanic & Latino.
JUVENILE NONFICTION > Social Issues > Prejudice & Racism.
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:40 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
ISBN:9781419710544
1419710540