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Seven years before Brown v. Board of Education, the Mendez family fought to end segregation in California schools. Discover their incredible story in this picture book from award-winning creator Duncan TonatiuhA Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor Book and Robert F. Sibert Honor Book! When her family moved to the town of Westminster, California, young Sylvia Mendez was excited about enrolling in her neighborhood school. But she and her brothers were turned away and told they had to attend the Mexican school instead. Sylvia could not understand why—she was an American citizen who spoke perfect English. Why were the children of Mexican families forced to attend a separate school? Unable to get a satisfactory answer from the school board, the Mendez family decided to take matters into its own hands and organize a lawsuit. In the end, the Mendez family’s efforts helped bring an end to segregated schooling in California in 1947, seven years before the landmark Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education ended segregation in schools across America. Using his signature illustration style and incorporating his interviews with Sylvia Mendez, as well as information from court files and news accounts, award-winning author and illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh tells the inspiring story of the Mendez family’s fight for justice and equality.

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Publié par	ABRAMS BOOKS
Date de parution	06 mai 2014
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781613126332
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	8 Mo

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SYLVIA HAD ON HER BLACK SHOES. They were shiny-new. Her hair was perfectly parted in two long trenzas . It was her first day at the Westminster school. The halls were crowded with students. She was looking for her locker when a young white boy pointed at her and yelled, Go back to the Mexican school! You don t belong here!
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For the rest of the day, Sylvia did not speak or introduce herself in her classes. She kept her head down when walking in the halls. When she got home that afternoon, she told her mom, Fel citas, what had happened. I don t want to go to that school anymore. The kids are mean.
Sylvia, said her mother. No sabes que por eso luchamos? Don t you know that is why we fought?
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Three years earlier, in the summer of 1944, Sylvia and her brothers, Jerome and Gonzalo Jr., and their parents had moved from the crowded city of Santa Ana, California, to a farm in nearby Westminster. Her father, Gonzalo Mendez, had labored for years as a field-worker, picking grapes and oranges. Now he was leasing a farm. He was going to be the boss. On their new farm they were going to grow asparagus, chilies, and tomatoes.
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