Ruby Bridges tells what it was like to be a first-grader integrating an all-white school in New Orleans in 1963. She also explains how the experience affected the rest of her life. Full of pictures that enhance this vivid, personal, and touching account.
Type: Book: Non-Fiction • Grade Level: 4 - 8
Categories:
Civil Rights Movement
Keywords:
Civil Rights Movement
school desegregation
autobiography
Five children from different ethnic backgrounds in the U.S. describe their lives in large text, photos, and drawings.
Type: Book: Fiction • Grade Level: 1 - 3: Primary
Categories:
Geography -critical
Social justice
Keywords:
autobiography
cultural identify
affirming cultural identity
