Through My Eyes

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"Through My Eyes" is an autobiographical book by civil rights icon Ruby Bridges recounting her experiences as one of the first Black children to integrate an all-white elementary school in the American South.

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Through My Eyes canonical 3

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instanceOf book ⓘ
author Ruby Bridges ⓘ
awardsAndHonors Carter G. Woodson Book Award (elementary level) ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
educationalUse civil rights curriculum ⓘ
elementary school social studies ⓘ
middle school history ⓘ
features historical photographs ⓘ
primary source documents ⓘ
timeline of events ⓘ
genre autobiography ⓘ
children's literature ⓘ
hasIllustrations true ⓘ
intendedAudience children ⓘ
educators ⓘ
young adults ⓘ
language English ⓘ
libraryOfCongressSubject African American civil rights workers — Juvenile literature ⓘ
Bridges, Ruby, 1954- — Juvenile literature ⓘ
School integration — Louisiana — New Orleans — History — 20th century — Juvenile literature ⓘ
mainTheme childhood and resilience ⓘ
courage in the face of racism ⓘ
racial integration in education ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
notableFor firsthand account of school integration by a child participant ⓘ
portrayal of the first Black child to integrate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans ⓘ
publicationYear 1999 ⓘ
publisher Scholastic Press ⓘ
relatedWork The Story of Ruby Bridges ⓘ
settingLocation New Orleans, Louisiana ⓘ
linked to: New Orleans
subject New Orleans school integration ⓘ
Ruby Bridges ⓘ
civil rights movement ⓘ
school desegregation in the United States ⓘ
timePeriodCovered 1960s ⓘ
topic Brown v. Board of Education context ⓘ
federal marshals escorting Ruby Bridges ⓘ
impact of segregation on children ⓘ
white resistance to integration ⓘ

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Ruby Bridges → hasWork → Through My Eyes ⓘ
Ruby Bridges → notableWork → Through My Eyes ⓘ