Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation (Jane Addams Award Book (Awards))

The Mendez Family's Fight for Justice is a powerful and inspiring picture book that tells the true story of a family's fight against segregation in California schools.

Award-winning creator Duncan Tonatiuh brings this important historical event to life through his signature illustration style, incorporating interviews with Sylvia Mendez and information from court files and news accounts.

The book follows the Mendez family's journey as they organize a lawsuit against the school board after their children are turned away and forced to attend a separate school.

Through their efforts, the family helps bring an end to segregated schooling in California seven years before the landmark Supreme Court ruling in Brown v.

Board of Education.

This book is a must-read for anyone interested in civil rights history and the fight against segregation.

It is a story of courage, perseverance, and the power of family and community.