Displaying 1 of 1 2014 Title: Separate is never equal : Sylvia Mendez & her family's fight for desegregation Author: Tonatiuh, Duncan author, illustrator. Format: Book Publisher, Date: New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014. Description: 40 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm 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"-- Provided by publisher. Subjects: Mendez, Sylvia, 1936- -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile literature. Mendez, Sylvia, 1936- -- 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. Racism against Hispanic Americans -- Juvenile literature. School integration -- United States. Hispanic Americans -- Education. Hispanic Americans -- Civil rights. Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Palatine (Ill.) -- Anti-racism picture books. Other Title: Sylvia Mendez & her family's fight for desegregation Sylvia Mendez and her family's fight for desegregation Reading Level: Accelerated Reader 5.1. ISBN 9781419710544 Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Find It Map It Suggestions and more Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1