Sylvia & Aki

Written by Winifred Conkling

Two girls' unexpected meeting sparks a legal battle that changes history.

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160 pages· 760L

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Bookroo's summary

Sylvia Mendez and Aki Munemitsu's lives collide on a California farm, igniting a pivotal legal fight for school desegregation. As their families' stories unfold, they challenge societal norms, setting the stage for national change. How did their unexpected friendship alter the course of history?

From the publisher

Young Sylvia Mendez never expected to be at the center of a landmark legal battle. Young Aki Munemitsu never expected to be sent away from her home and her life as she knew it. The two girls definitely never expected to know each other, until their lives intersected on a Southern California farm in a way that changed the country forever. Who are Sylvia and Aki? And why did their family stories matter then and still matter today? This book reveals the remarkable, never-before-told story–based on true events–of Mendez vs. Westminster School District, the California court case that desegregated schools for Latino children and set the stage for Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education at the national level.