Record Details

Catalog Search

Search The Catalog


Separate is never equal : Sylvia Mendez and her family's fight for desegregation Cover Image Book

Separate is never equal : Sylvia Mendez and her family's fight for desegregation / Duncan Tonatiuh.

Sylvia Mendez & her family's fight for desegregation (portion title)
Sylvia Mendez and her family's fight for desegregation (other title)
Tonatiuh, Duncan, (author,, illustrator.).

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
  • ISBN: 1419710540
  • Physical Description: 40 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Target Audience Note:
AD870L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 5.1 0.5 164558.

Search for related items by subject

Subject: Mendez, Sylvia, 1936- > Childhood and youth > Juvenile literature.
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.
Genre: Biographies.
Illustrated works.
Picture books.

Available copies

  • 42 of 44 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Harnett County Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 44 total copies.
Sort by distance from:
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Anderson Creek School Media Center J 379.2 Ton (Text) 30441536 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -