Tonatiuh, Duncan.

Separate is never equal : Sylvia Mendez & her family's fight for desegregation / Sylvia Mendez & her family's fight for desegregation Sylvia Mendez and her family's fight for desegregation Duncan Tonatiuh. - New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, c2014. - 40 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (page 39), filmography (page 39), and index.

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.

Elementary Grade.

ISBN: 9781419710544 (hardback) 1419710540 (hardback) 9781419710544 1419710540 1419710540 1419710540 9781419710544 1419710540 9781419710544

Standard No.: 26258713 11156710

LCCN: 2013032089

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 016697606 016697606

Subjects--Topical Terms:
School integration
Hispanic Americans
Hispanic Americans
Civil rights movements
JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 20th Century.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / Hispanic & Latino.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Issues / Prejudice & Racism.
School integration
Hispanic Americans
Hispanic Americans
Civil rights movements

LC Class. No.: LC214.2 / .T66 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 379.2/63 379.2/63 379.263 TON