Margaret Salazar-Porzio Talks About Sylvia Mendez: From Classrooms to History Books @SmithsonianAmHistory
Margaret Salazar-Porzio Talks About Sylvia Mendez: From Classrooms to History Books  @SmithsonianAmHistory
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Sylvia Mendez has dedicated her life to bringing awareness of discrimination in schools. This started as a young child attending school in Southern California. During the 1940s, her family joined others to fight for fair schooling for non-white children.

Sylvia Méndez ha dedicado su vida a concienciar sobre la discriminación en las escuelas. Su activismo comenzó de niña, cuando iba a la escuela en el sur de California. En la década de 1940, su familia se unió a otras para luchar por una educación justa para los niños no blancos.
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