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

Author: Tonatiuh, Duncan.

Imprint:New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014.

Description40 pages ; 24X29 cm

Note:"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.

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Curriculum LibraryCurr. - Picture NFic Pict.NFic LC214.2 .T66 2014 Available

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