Separate is never equal
About this book
"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" --
Details
- OL Work ID
- OL19664084W
Subjects
JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 20th CenturyJUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Issues / Prejudice & RacismCivil rightsHispanic AmericansSchool integrationCivil rights movementsJUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / Hispanic & LatinoEducationJuvenile literatureChildhood and youthHistorySegregation in educationHispanic americans, juvenile literatureCivil rights movements, juvenile literatureaward:Pura_Belpre_awardlexile:870lexile_range:801-900lexile_code:AD