Through My Eyes - Ruby Bridges - Hardcover

Surrounded by federal marshals, 6-year-old Ruby Bridges became the first black student ever at the all-white William Frantz Public School in New Orleans, Louisiana, on November 14, 1960. Perhaps never had so much hatred been directed at so perfect a symbol of innocence--which makes it all the more remarkable that her memoir, simple in language and rich in history and sepia-toned photographs, is informed mainly by a sort of bewildered compassion. Throughout, readers will find quotes from...

In November 1960, all of America watched as a tiny six-year-old black girl, surrounded by federal Marshalls, walked through a mob of screaming segregationists and into her school. An icon of the...