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Antislavery movements Civil rights movements United States History 20th century Fugitive slaves Hispanic Americans Civil rights Hispanic Americans Education JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 20th Century JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / Hispanic & Latino JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Issues / Prejudice & Racism Mendez, Sylvia 1936- Childhood and youth Underground RailroadFilter By Series
What was ...?McDonough, Yona Zeldis.
Summary: "No one knows where the term Underground Railroad came from--there were no trains or tracks, only "conductors" who helped escaping slaves to freedom. Including real stories about "passengers" on the "Railroad," this book chronicles slaves' close calls with bounty hunters, exhausting struggles on the road, and what they sacrificed for freedom. With black-and-white illustrations throughout and a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2013
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Summary: "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 inCalifornia"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2014