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

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Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation
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Written and illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh and published by Abrams Books for Young Readers, an imprint of ABRAMS
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Tonatiuh draws upon traditional Mixtec codex art to tell the story of 11-year-old Sylvia Mendes, who helped end school segregation in California seven years before Brown v. Board of Education.

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