Sylvia Mendez & her family's fight for desegregation Tonatiuh, Duncan creator 2014 eng 40 pages color illustrations 29 cm "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"- 870 Lexile Duncan Tonatiuh Includes bibliographical references (page 39) , filmography (page 39) , and index Accelerated Reader 5.1 Pura Belpré Illustration Honor Book, 2015 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book, 2015 n-us-- Mendez, Sylvia Mendez, Sylvia LC214.2 .T66 2014 92 9781419710544 000028/00002829.jpg 000028/00002829.jpg DLC 117053 eng