National Museum of American History | Margaret Salazar-Porzio Talks About Sylvia Mendez: From Classrooms to History Books @SmithsonianAmHistory | Uploaded April 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
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.