Title Ruby Bridges takes her seat : courageous kid of the civil rights movement / by Myra Faye Turner, ; illustrated by Dante Ginevra.

Publication Info.	North Mankato, Minnesota : Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone, [2022]
	©2023

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Bloomfield at the Atrium	GRAPHIC J-B BRIDGES	Check Shelf
Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department	JGN B BRIDGES	Check Shelf

Description	32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series	Courageous kids
	Graphic library. Courageous kids.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	The racial divide -- A better life -- Separate, not equal -- Civil unrest -- Student and teacher -- Finding her voice.
Summary	"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 an education in the same school as her fellow white students"-- Provided by publisher.
Audience	Ages: 8-11 Capstone Press.
	Grades: 4-6 Capstone Press.
Study Program	Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.1 0.5 517173.
Subject	Bridges, Ruby -- Juvenile literature.
	African American girls -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	School integration -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Juvenile literature.
	New Orleans (La.) -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.
	Bridges, Ruby. (OCoLC)fst00309669
	African American girls. (OCoLC)fst00799183
	Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
	School integration. (OCoLC)fst01107474
	Louisiana -- New Orleans. (OCoLC)fst01204311
Genre/Form	Biographies.
	Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Added Author	Ginevra, Dante, 1976- illustrator.
Other Form:	Online version: Turner, Myra Faye. Ruby Bridges takes her seat North Mankato, Minnesota : Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone, [2023] 9781666334364 (DLC) 2021057525
ISBN	9781666334340 (hardcover)
	1666334340 (hardcover)
	9781666334371 (trade paperback)
	1666334375 (trade paperback)

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