Separate is never equal : Sylvia Mendez & her family's fight for desegregation /
Published by : Abrams Books for Young Readers, (New York :) Physical details: 40 pages: color illustrations; 29 cm. ISBN:9781419710544; 1419710540.
Subject(s):
Mendez, Sylvia,
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1936-
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Childhood and youth
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Juvenile literature.
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School integration
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United States
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Juvenile literature.
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Hispanic Americans
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Education
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Juvenile literature.
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Hispanic Americans
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Civil rights
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Juvenile literature.
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Civil rights movements
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United States
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History
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20th century
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Juvenile literature.
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Fiction
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Juvenile
Year: 2014
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Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Regular | Lakeside Elementary Non-fiction | Non-fiction | 379 TON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | Pura Belpre Award | 023004223 |
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"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"--
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