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Separate is never equal : Sylvia Mendez & her family's fight for desegregation /

"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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Main Authors: Tonatiuh, Duncan
Published: Abrams Books for Young Readers,
Publisher Address: New York :
Publication Dates: 2014.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Mendez, Sylvia, > 1936- > Childhood and youth > Juvenile literature
Mendez, Sylvia, > 1936
Mendez, Sylvia, > Childhood and youth
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
School integration > United States
Hispanic Americans > Education
Hispanic Americans > Civil rights
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century
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"--
Carrier Form: 40 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Awards: Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor, 2015 ; Robert F. Sibert Honor, 2015 ; Orbis Pictus Honor, 2015
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (page 39) and index.
ISBN: 9781419710544
1419710540
9780605847804
0605847800
Index Number: LC214
CLC: D771.262-49
Call Number: D771.262-49/T663

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