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Separate is never equal : the story of Sylvia Mendez and her family  Cover Image Book Book

Separate is never equal : the story of Sylvia Mendez and her family / by Duncan Tonatiuh.

Tonatiuh, Duncan (Author).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781419710544
  • Physical Description: 40 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 29 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographic references (page 39) and index.
Awards Note:
Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor Award, 2015
Subject: 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
Mendez, Sylvia, 1936- > Childhood and youth > Juvenile literature.

Available copies

  • 8 of 9 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 3 of 3 copies available at Hood River County Library District.

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  • 0 current holds with 9 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Cascade Locks Library J EARLY 323.1 TON (Text) 33892100170928 Children's Early Non-Fiction Available -
Hood River County Library J EARLY 323.1 TON (Text) 33892100294991 Children's Early Non-Fiction Available -
Parkdale Library J EARLY 323.1 TON (Text) 33892100170951 Children's Non-Fiction Available -


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