Almost 10 years before Brown vs. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez and her parents helped end school segregation in California. An American citizen of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage who spoke and wrote perfect English, Mendez was denied enrollment to a ?Whites only” school. Her parents took action by organizing the Hispanic community and filing a lawsuit in federal district court. Their success eventually brought an end to the era of segregated education in California.


在布朗訴訟教育局案(Brown vs. 堪薩斯州Topeka教育局)成立近十年之前，西爾維亞·曼德斯(Sylvia Mendez)和她的父母協助結束了加州的學校隔離。曼德斯(Mendez)是墨西哥裔和波多黎各裔的美國公民，能說及寫流利的英語，但被拒絕進入“僅白人”學校就讀。她的父母採取行動，組織起西班牙裔社區，並向聯邦地方法院提起訴訟。他們的成功最終結束了加利福尼亞州隔離教育的時代。

（譯者/楊靜愉）

 

【適讀程度】
Age Range: 6 - 9 years