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

Type

Book

Authors

Tonatiuh, Duncan.

ISBN 13

9781419710544

Tags

united states, Civil Rights, school integration, Hispanic Americans, juvenile literature, Education, History, Social Issues, prejudice, racial, race, racism, Sylvia Mendez, civil rights movement, Hispanic, Latino, William Allen White Children's Book Award Nominee, WAWCBA

Description

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Biblio Notes

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 39) and index.

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