Separate is never equal Sylvia Mendez and her family's fight for desegregation

Almost 10 years before Brown vs. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez and her parents helped end school segregation in California. An American citizen of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage who spoke and wrote perfect English, Mendez was denied enrollment to a "Whites only" school. Her parents took actio...

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Main Author: Tonatiuh, Duncan
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Language:English
Published: 2014.
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