The civil rights era comes alive in these excellent, informative books for kids of all ages. From beautifully illustrated picture books to memoirs that depict the Jim Crow South to biographies of ...

Civil rights activist and philanthropist Ruby Bridges discussed her life story — including integrating an elementary school — and the importance of remembering history in front of Long Beach students ...

Ruby Bridges, who made history at age six when ... During the era when civil rights came to the forefront of America, her journey to school that first day was met with an angry mob of white ...

Ruby Bridges ... in New Orleans, but Bridges was the only one to enroll on her own. Her mother accompanied her into the school, but they spent the first day in the principal’s office, due to the chaos ...