Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation (Hardcover)

from aks067

This book is about a young girl named Sylivia and her family fighting for their rights. The young girl starts a new school and gets bullied by other students telling her to go back to where she came from. I gave this book a five because many students still deal with this today in school and life....

from mcintorino

This book was a pleasure to read and look at. I had never heard of Sylvia Mendez or the segregation of Mexican-American children from mainstream schools. The book informed me about American historical events of which I was unaware.The events in the story took place in the 1940s, and were about th...

from francescaimig

The story of Sylvia Mendez, a Mexican-American child, who experienced racial segregation in the public schools in California. Her story is the basis for the famous court case Mendez v Westminster which confronted racial segregation in the public schools in California.

from Patty6508

Before Brown v. The Board of Education, the Mendez family was fighting for the right to an equal education for their children. This book does a great job of chronicling how her parents went through the legal channels to challenge the status quo on education. With the appeal, other groups joined t...

from DaliaL.

Genre: Non-fiction (informational) I would use this book to: 1. teach students about 2. teach students about plot. Summary: This book is about how Sylvia Mendez and her parents helped end school segregation in California. When Sylvia and her brothers went to get enrolled at a school in their neig...