Separate is never equal : Sylvia Mendez & her family's fight for desegregation / Duncan Tonatiuh.
"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.
Record details
- ISBN: 1419710540
- ISBN: 9781419710544
- Physical Description: 40 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
- Publisher: New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, [2014]
- Copyright: ©2014
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 39) and index.
- Target Audience Note:
- AD870L Lexile
- Study Program Information Note:
- Accelerated Reader AR LG 5.1 0.5 164558.Accelerated Reader 5.1.
- Awards Note:
- Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor, 2015 ; Robert F. Sibert Honor, 2015 ; Orbis Pictus Honor, 2015
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Hispanic Americans > Education > Juvenile literature.
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| Jacksonville Main Library | E379.263 TON (Text) | 36015000371688 | Easy Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Richlands Branch Library | E379.263 TON (Text) | 36015000371621 | Easy Nonfiction | Available | - |
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