Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation (Jane Addams Award Book (Awards))

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 action by organizing the Hispanic community and filing a lawsuit in federal district court. Their success eventually brought an end to the era of segregated education in California.

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• Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez (Pura Belpre Honor Book. Illustrator (Awards))
• Let the Children March
• Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin
• Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant's Tale (Tomas Rivera Mexican-American Children's Book Award (Awards))
• Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books)
• Dolores Huerta: A Hero to Migrant Workers
• My Two Blankets
• The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist
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