Name: Separate Is Never Equal
ISBN: 9781419710544

Duncan Tonatiuh

"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"--

Sylvia Mendez and Her Family s Fight for Desegregation

Separate Is Never Equal

Caroline Lewicki

An inspiring picture book describing the fight Sylvia Mendez and her family had to put up in order for Sylvia and her brothers to have access to a good education. The book touches on race and economic disparities, and the struggle that people of color face when they have friends or family members who are "white passing." I had never heard the Mendez's story before but it's one I highly recommend. We hear most often about Ruby Bridges when we think of segregated schools, but we shouldn't forget that many other people of color have faced discrimination and we don't learn about them as often.

Separate Is Never Equal Sylvia Mendez and Her Family s Fight for Desegregation

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