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Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
By TONATIUH, Duncan
- ISBN
- 9781629238562
- Publisher
- Dreamscape Media
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School Library Journal
Starred Review on August 1, 2014 | Multimedia Review
Gr 1–4—When Sylvia Mendez moved to Westminster, California, in the 1940s, she quickly found out that not everyone was welcome in her new neighborhood. Sylvia and her brother have to attend the "Mexican" school—Hoover School. Hoover is situated next to a cow field, had an electric fence, dirty halls, no playground, and unmotivated teachers, while local white children went to the much better 17th Street Elementary School. Eventually, the Mendez fami...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
