02601cam a2200493 4500 611056748 TxAuBib 20221201120000.0 220920s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021057524 9781666334340 hardcover 1666334340 hardcover 9781666334371 paperback 1666334375 paperback TxAuBib Turner, Myra Faye. Ruby Bridges takes her seat : courageous kid of the civil rights movement / by Myra Faye Turner, ; illustrated by Dante Ginevra. North Mankato, Minn : Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint, 2023. 32 p. : col. ill., map ; 24 cm. Graphic library. Courageous kids Includes glossary. Includes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index. The racial divide -- A better life -- Separate, not equal -- Civil unrest -- Student and teacher -- Finding her voice. "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 the publisher. 4-8 Medialog, Inc. GN 630 Lexile. 3-4. 3-5. W Guided Reading Level. 20221201. Bridges, Ruby Comic books, strips, etc. Bridges, Ruby Juvenile literature. African American girls Louisiana New Orleans Biography Comic books, strips, etc. African American girls Louisiana New Orleans Biography Juvenile literature. School integration Louisiana New Orleans Comic books, strips, etc. School integration Louisiana New Orleans Juvenile literature. New Orleans (La) Race relations Comic books, strips, etc. New Orleans (La) Race relations Juvenile literature. Graphic novels. Biographies. Nonfiction comics. Ginevra, Dante, 1976- Graphic library. Courageous kids.