Sylvia Mendez

Arroyo-Perez, Megali. "School Changer Sylvia: Courageous girls and their families fought and won the right to fair and equal access to education." New Moon Girls, vol. 26, no. 3, Jan.-Feb. 2019, pp. 16+. Gale In Context: Middle School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A569756727/MSIC?u=browardcps_midsid=bookmark-MSICxid=c5c4208d. Accessed 6 Sept. 2023.

Sylvia Mendez

June 7th, 1936

Santa Ana, CA

Hoover Elementary school

Felicitas Mendez Gomez, Gonzalo Mendez, Gonzalo Jr., and Jerome

She always dreamed of going to the beautiful white school in Westminster but she couldn't go because of her race, so her entry was denied.

She took part in the

Mendez V. Westminster Court case and helped stop school segregation for Hispanic kids.

She accomplished to end the segregation in CA at the age of 8, and created a path for integration and the American Civil Rights Movement

She was able to help children of Mexican Ancestry from public school segregation in California, which then led to the Brown V. Board of ED to be won and not let children be segregated.

We can learn that no matter from what race you are , or where your from you still have a voice and that no one should be able to silence you because of that.

Arroyo-Perez, Megali. "School Changer Sylvia: Courageous girls and their families fought and won the right to fair and equal access to education." New Moon Girls, vol. 26, no. 3, Jan.-Feb. 2019, pp. 16+. Gale In Context: Middle School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A569756727/MSIC?u=browardcps_midsid=bookmark-MSICxid=c5c4208d. Accessed 6 Sept. 2023.

Sylvia Mendez

June 7th, 1936

Santa Ana, CA

Hoover Elementary school

Felicitas Mendez Gomez, Gonzalo Mendez, Gonzalo Jr., and Jerome

She always dreamed of going to the beautiful white school in Westminster but she couldn't go because of her race, so her entry was denied.

She took part in the

Mendez V. Westminster Court case and helped stop school segregation for Hispanic kids.

She accomplished to end the segregation in CA at the age of 8, and created a path for integration and the American Civil Rights Movement

She was able to help children of Mexican Ancestry from public school segregation in California, which then led to the Brown V. Board of ED to be won and not let children be segregated.

We can learn that no matter from what race you are , or where your from you still have a voice and that no one should be able to silence you because of that.

Arroyo-Perez, Megali. "School Changer Sylvia: Courageous girls and their families fought and won the right to fair and equal access to education." New Moon Girls, vol. 26, no. 3, Jan.-Feb. 2019, pp. 16+. Gale In Context: Middle School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A569756727/MSIC?u=browardcps_midsid=bookmark-MSICxid=c5c4208d. Accessed 6 Sept. 2023.

Sylvia Mendez

June 7th, 1936

Santa Ana, CA

Hoover Elementary school

Felicitas Mendez Gomez, Gonzalo Mendez, Gonzalo Jr., and Jerome

She always dreamed of going to the beautiful white school in Westminster but she couldn't go because of her race, so her entry was denied.

She took part in the

Mendez V. Westminster Court case and helped stop school segregation for Hispanic kids.

She accomplished to end the segregation in CA at the age of 8, and created a path for integration and the American Civil Rights Movement

She was able to help children of Mexican Ancestry from public school segregation in California, which then led to the Brown V. Board of ED to be won and not let children be segregated.

We can learn that no matter from what race you are , or where your from you still have a voice and that no one should be able to silence you because of that.