The story of ruby bridges online book

The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles, illustrated by George Ford,

This is a beautifully illustrated picture book about Ruby Bridges, one of the first black children to attend a school that was formerly all-white during the desegregation of schools that took place during the Civil Rights Movement. The story is told in the form of the memories of Ruby and other people, looking back on their experiences, rather than as a first-person account.

When the book begins, it introduces Ruby as the child of a poor family who moved to the city after her father lost his job picking crops when farmers began using mechanical pickers instead. After her family moved to New Orleans in , her father worked as a janitor, and her mother became a cleaner at a bank.

The book explains briefly that schools were segregated at the time, and that black children were not given an education that was equal to what was offered in white schools. Because the book is for children, it doesn&#;t go deep into detail about the Civil Rights Movement and desegregation or exactly how Ruby Bridges&#;s family became involved. (Ruby was selected as one of the children because she passed a test for academic aptitude, showing that she could keep up with a class

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