Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
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[United States] : Abrams, 2014.
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eBook
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1 online resource (48 pages)
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Almost 10 years before Brown vs. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez and her parents helped end school segregation in California. An American citizen of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage who spoke and wrote perfect English, Mendez was denied enrollment to a 'Whites only' school. Her parents took action by organizing the Hispanic community and filing a lawsuit in federal district court. Their success eventually brought an end to the era of segregated education in California.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Civil rights movements -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements -- History.
Electronic books.
Hispanic Americans -- Civil rights -- Juvenile literature.
Hispanic Americans -- Civil rights.
Hispanic Americans -- Education -- Juvenile literature.
Hispanic Americans -- Education.
Hispanic Americans.
History.
Racism.
School integration -- Juvenile literature.
School integration.
Civil rights movements -- History.
Electronic books.
Hispanic Americans -- Civil rights -- Juvenile literature.
Hispanic Americans -- Civil rights.
Hispanic Americans -- Education -- Juvenile literature.
Hispanic Americans -- Education.
Hispanic Americans.
History.
Racism.
School integration -- Juvenile literature.
School integration.
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9781613126332, 1613126336
Accelerated Reader:
LG
Level 5.1, 0.5 Points
Level 5.1, 0.5 Points
Lexile code:
AD: Adult Directed
Lexile measure:
870
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Almost 10 years before Brown vs. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez and her parents helped end school segregation in California. An American citizen of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage who spoke and wrote perfect English, Mendez was denied enrollment to a 'Whites only' school. Her parents took action by organizing the Hispanic community and filing a lawsuit in federal district court. Their success eventually brought an end to the era of segregated education in California.
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Tonatiuh, D. (2014). Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation. Abrams.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Tonatiuh, Duncan. 2014. Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation. Abrams.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Tonatiuh, Duncan, Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation. Abrams, 2014.
MLA Citation (style guide)Tonatiuh, Duncan. Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation. Abrams, 2014.
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