Through My Eyes: Ruby Bridges

Name: Through My Eyes: Ruby Bridges
Rating: 4.5 (20 reviews)

Ruby Bridges

Mar 2017 · Sold by Scholastic Inc.

4.5

20 reviews

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In November 1960, all of America watched as a tiny six-year-old black girl, surrounded by federal marshals, walked through a mob of screaming segregationists and into her school. An icon of the civil rights movement, Ruby Bridges chronicles each dramatic step of this pivotal event in history through her own words.

Ratings and reviews

4.5

20 reviews

Marylee Santiago

11 September 2017

Amazing story on such amazing young little girl!

4 people found this review helpful

Rodna Pitts

18 November 2017

Very sweet book, I loved it.

9 people found this review helpful

J Buskey

8 September 2017

Not good but not bad.

2 people found this review helpful

About the author

Ruby Bridges is a civil rights icon, activist, author, and speaker who, at the age of six, was the first Black student to integrate William Frantz Elementary, an all-white elementary school in Louisiana. Bridges is the recipient of numerous awards, including the NAACP Martin Luther King Award and the Presidential Citizens Medal, and she has received honorary doctorate degrees from Connecticut College; College of New Rochelle; Teachers College, Columbia University; and Tulane University. In 2024, Bridges was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame. Bridges is also the author of I Am Ruby Bridges; Through My Eyes; This Is Your Time; and Dear Ruby, Hear Our Hearts. Ruby lives in Louisiana with her family. Learn more at rubybridges.com.

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