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Loading... The Story Of Ruby Bridges (original 1995; edition 1995)by Robert Coles, George Ford (Illustrator)
Work InformationThe Story of Ruby Bridges: True Story of a Civil Rights Icon by Robert Coles (1995)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. The story takes places during the 1950's in New Orleans during segregation where 6-year-old Ruby was instructed to attend an all-White elementary school. Many people opposed this decision and removed their children from class and protested the girl attending the school for months. This never distracted the girl from receiving her education, she just prayed for them.
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For months six-year-old Ruby Bridges must confront the hostility of white parents when she becomes the first African American girl to integrate Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in 1960. No library descriptions found.
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)370.19342Social sciences Education Education Theory of education; Meaning; Aim Social themesLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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Awards: An ABC Children's Booksellers Choice Award Winner, and a South Carolina Children's Book Award Winner