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

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

Tonatiuh, Duncan. (Author).

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
  • Physical Description: 40 pages: colored illustrations; 29 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2019.

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
AD870L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader LG 5.1 0.5 0.5 164558
Awards Note:
The Robert F. Sibert Medal.
Pura Belpre Honor Book.
Subject: 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.
Mendez, Sylvia, 1936- > Childhood and youth > Juvenile literature.

Available copies

  • 6 of 6 copies available at Lehigh Carbon Library Cooperative.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Emmaus Public Library J 379.2 TONA (Text) 36446002077553 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Lehighton Area Memorial Library J 379.2 TON (Text) 30445100115980 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Parkland Community Library J 379 TON (Text) 34422006806117 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Southern Lehigh Public Library J 379.263 TON (Text)
Bookplate: This item was purchased in honor of Victor & Mary Jane Risch for their donation to the Southern Lehigh Public Library Helping Hands Campaign 2014-2015.
30044100664491 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Whitehall Township Public Library J 379.2 TONA (Text) 36305002623776 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Dimmick Main Library J 379.2 TON (Text) 30444100304132 Stacks Available -


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