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1) Ruby Bridges takes her seat: courageous kid of the civil rights movement

Author

Turner, Myra Faye

Series

Graphic library: courageous kids
Graphic library courageous kids

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

Description

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"When 6-year-old Ruby Bridges and her mother went to William Frantz Elementary School on November 14, 1960, they arrived to find an angry crowd of white people shouting racist insults. For her safety, Ruby had to be escorted to school every day by U.S. Marshals. But despite the hateful attitudes of others, Ruby didn't miss a single day of school that year. Discover the incredible bravery of one young Black girl who faced terrible persecution to get...

2) I am Ruby Bridges

Author

Bridges, Ruby

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Description

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"When Ruby Bridges was six years old, she became the first African American student to integrate an elementary school in the South. Told in the perspective of her six year old self and based on the pivotal events that happened in 1960, Ruby tells her story like never before. Embracing her name and learning that even at six years old she was able to pave the path for future generations, this is a story full of hope, innocence, and courage"--

3) The lost German slave girl: the extraordinary true story of the slave Sally Miller and her fight for freedom in Old New Orleans

Author

Bailey, John

Publisher

Atlantic Monthly Press

Pub. Date

2003

Edition

1st American ed.

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 18

Language

English

Description

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Presents the true story of Salome Muller, a German immigrant girl who was lost to her family in the early 1800s and sold into slavery, her French master who claimed she was part African, and the desperate struggle for her freedom that led to the U.S. Supreme Court.

4) This is your time

Author

Bridges, Ruby

Pub. Date

2020

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Formats

eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Description

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Civil rights activist Ruby Bridges--who, at the age of six, was the first African American to integrate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans--shares her story through text and historical photographs, offering a powerful call to action.