01755cam a2200337 i 4500 517229012 TxAuBib 130930s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2013032089 9781419710544 hardback 1419710540 hardback DLC eng DLC rda DLC TxAuBib rda Tonatiuh, Duncan. Separate is never equal : the story of Sylvia Mendez and her family / by Duncan Tonatiuh. New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014. 40 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (page 39) and index. ""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. 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. JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 20th Century. JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / Hispanic & Latino. JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Issues / Prejudice & Racism. TXHSP