This picture book tells the story of Ruby Bridges, who, when she was six years old, was the only African-American student to attend a previously all-white school in New Orleans in 1960. Every day for months she had to walk past angry crowds of adults protesting her presence. This book tells the story of Bridges's first year at this school.
Describes the Montgomery Bus boycott and Rosa Park's role in it.
Richard Wright, the famed author, loved to read but was prevented because of racist Jim Crow laws to use the public library. This true story shows how Wright enlisted the help of a white co-workers to make his dream of reading a reality.
A beautifully illustrated summary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Appropriate for younger and older grades too.
