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I Am Ruby Bridges: How One Six-Year Old Girl's March to School Changed the World
Ruby Bridges
Illustrator: Nikkolas Smith
Ages: 6+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Orchard Books/Scholastic
ISBN: 978-1-338-75388-2
Keywords: Civil Rights, racial discrimination, Landmark case, Brown v. Board of Education, pioneer, Supreme Court
With school segregation banned, Ruby, escorted by federal marshals in 1960, was the first Black student to attend an all-white elementary school. Painted scenes capture watershed moments. Back matter.