Without Separation: Prejudice, Segregation, and the Case of Roberto Alvarez

by Larry Dane Brimner

Book Overview

Kirkus Reviews Best Book
NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book

This important yet little-known civil rights story focuses on Roberto Alvarez, a student whose 1931 court battle against racism and school segregation in Lemon Grove, California, is considered the first time an immigrant community used the courts to successfully fight injustice. A must-read for young activists, or for anyone interested in standing up for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1684371953
• ISBN13: 9781684371952
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Calkins Creek Books
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.7" x 11.1"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5