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The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles – book cover

The Story of Ruby Bridges

By Robert Coles

Children's

For months six-year-old Ruby Bridges must confront the hostility of white parents when she becomes the first African American girl to integrate Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in 1960.

Release Date
2010
Length
34 pages
Publisher
Scholastic Inc.
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For months six-year-old Ruby Bridges must confront the hostility of white parents when she becomes the first African American girl to integrate Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in 1960.