Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
Author: Tonatiuh, Duncan
Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
5.1
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
2321
Points per Word
0.000215
Page Count
40
Points per Page
0.0125
Description
Years before the landmark U. Supreme Court ruling BROWN v BOARD OF EDUCATION, Sylvia Mendez, an 8-year-old girl of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage, played an instrumental role in MENDEZ v WESTMINSTER, the desegregation case of 1946 in California.