| ID | 020712 |
| Call Number | 379.263/TON |
| Title Proper | Separate is never equal |
| Other Title Information | Sylvia Mendez and her familly's fight for desegregation |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Tonatiuh, Duncan |
| Publication | New York, Abrams books for young readers, 2014. |
| Description | 40p Brown spine |
| 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. |
| Standard Number | 9781419710544 |
| Price. Qualification | $18.95(Hb) |
| Classification Number | 379.263 |
| Key Words | UOI - Rights and responsibilities ; UOI - Education ; Award winning titles ; Equality - United States ; Lexile AD870L ; Mendez, Sylvia, 1936- ; School integration - United States ; Hispanic Americans - Civil rights ; Pura Belpre Honor Book ; Robert Sibert Honor Book |