Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation (Jane Addams Award Book (Awards)) by Tonatiuh Duncan

Author:Tonatiuh, Duncan [Tonatiuh, Duncan]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Published: 2014-05-05T16:00:00+00:00

Sylvia (b. 1936) and her brothers attended the Westminster school until her family moved back to Santa Ana. Sylvia graduated from an integrated high school and attended California State University, where she studied to become a registered nurse. She worked for thirty-three years at a medical center in Los Angeles and then retired to take care of her ill mother. Sylvia remembers that before Felícitas passed away, she regretted the fact that so few people knew about the Mendez case and her family’s fight for equality. Indeed, the Mendez case is seldom taught in schools. Unlike Brown v. Board of Education, which is widely known, Mendez v. Westminster is known by few Americans to this day. After her mother died, Sylvia made it her mission to educate people about her family’s fight for desegregation.

In recent decades, the Mendez case has finally begun to receive some attention and recognition. Documentaries have been made about it, and books and articles have been written about it. In 2002, a public school in Santa Ana was named after Felícitas and Gonzalo Mendez. In 2007, a commemorative stamp

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