The Story of Ruby Bridges

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"Please, God, try to forgive those people. Because even if they say those bad things, They don't know what they're doing."

This is the true story of an extraordinary 6-year-old who helped shape history when she became the first African-American sent to first grade in an all white school. This moving book captures the courage of a little girl standing alone in the face of racism.

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1995

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Format
32 pages, Paperback
Published
June 1, 2004 by Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN
9780439598446
ASIN
0439598443
Language
English
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  • Ruby Bridges

    Ruby Bridges

    Ruby Nell Bridges Hall (born September 8, 1954) is an American civil rights activist. She was the first African-American child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis on...

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