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The Story of Ruby Bridges

The Story of Ruby Bridges

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Binding:
paperback
Publisher:
Scholastic Inc.
Condition:
Good - Used
Category:
Picture Book
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Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first African American child to integrate a New Orleans school with this paperback reissue! The year is 1960, and six-year-old Ruby Bridges and her family have recently moved from Mississippi to New Orleans in search of a better life. When a judge orders Ruby to attend first grade at William Frantz Elementary, an all-white school, Ruby must face angry mobs of parents who refuse to send their children to school with her. Told with Robert Coles ´ powerful narrative and dramatically illustrated by George Ford, Ruby ´s story of courage, faith, and hope is now available in this special 50th anniversary edition with an updated afterword!
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