Ruby Bridges and the Desegregation of American Schools

Freedom's Promise, Set 1

by Duchess Harris, Tom Head

In 1960, six-year-old Ruby Bridges walked into William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, Louisiana. She became the first black student to attend the previously all-white school. This event paved the way for widespread school desegregation in the South. Ruby Bridges and the Desegregation of American Schools explores Bridges's legacy. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

48 pages, ebook

Published December 15, 2018

Reviews

[Library Lady Terri · Rating 3 out of 5]

The thing that always strikes me when I read about Ruby Bridges is the fact that she is still alive and still relatively young.