Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story
(Scholastic Reader: Level 2)

Ruby Bridges Goes to School – the extraordinary true story of Ruby Bridges, the first African-American child to integrate into a New Orleans school – now with simple text for young readers!

In 1960, six-year-old Ruby Bridges walked through an angry crowd and into a school where she changed history.

This is the true story of an extraordinary little girl who helped shape our country when she became the first African-American to attend an all-white school in New Orleans. With simple text and historical photographs, Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story book explores an amazing historical moment and the courage of a young girl who stayed strong in the face of racism.