Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story
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"Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story" is a children's autobiographical picture book in which civil rights icon Ruby Bridges recounts her experience as one of the first Black children to integrate an all-white elementary school in the American South.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story canonical | 2 |
| The Story of Ruby Bridges | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10405417 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story Context triple: [Ruby Bridges, hasWork, Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story]
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A.
Warriors Don’t Cry
Warriors Don’t Cry is a memoir by Melba Pattillo Beals recounting her experiences as one of the Little Rock Nine integrating Central High School in 1957 and the intense racism and violence they faced.
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B.
Rosa Parks: My Story
"Rosa Parks: My Story" is an autobiographical book in which civil rights icon Rosa Parks recounts her life, her pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and her experiences in the struggle for racial equality.
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C.
The Color of Courage
The Color of Courage is a historical documentary film that explores the experiences and heroism of African American soldiers during World War II.
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D.
My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr.
"My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr." is Coretta Scott King's memoir recounting her life with the civil rights leader and offering an intimate perspective on the movement they helped lead.
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E.
The Watsons Go to Birmingham
The Watsons Go to Birmingham is a 2013 television film adaptation of Christopher Paul Curtis’s novel about an African American family’s life-changing trip from Flint, Michigan, to Birmingham, Alabama, during the civil rights era.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story Target entity description: "Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story" is a children's autobiographical picture book in which civil rights icon Ruby Bridges recounts her experience as one of the first Black children to integrate an all-white elementary school in the American South.
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A.
Warriors Don’t Cry
Warriors Don’t Cry is a memoir by Melba Pattillo Beals recounting her experiences as one of the Little Rock Nine integrating Central High School in 1957 and the intense racism and violence they faced.
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B.
Rosa Parks: My Story
"Rosa Parks: My Story" is an autobiographical book in which civil rights icon Rosa Parks recounts her life, her pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and her experiences in the struggle for racial equality.
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C.
The Color of Courage
The Color of Courage is a historical documentary film that explores the experiences and heroism of African American soldiers during World War II.
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D.
My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr.
"My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr." is Coretta Scott King's memoir recounting her life with the civil rights leader and offering an intimate perspective on the movement they helped lead.
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E.
The Watsons Go to Birmingham
The Watsons Go to Birmingham is a 2013 television film adaptation of Christopher Paul Curtis’s novel about an African American family’s life-changing trip from Flint, Michigan, to Birmingham, Alabama, during the civil rights era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
autobiographical book
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children's book ⓘ picture book ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
inspire empathy in young readers
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provide an accessible introduction to civil rights history ⓘ |
| author | Ruby Bridges ⓘ |
| basedOn | Ruby Bridges' real-life experiences ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| depicts |
federal marshals escorting Ruby Bridges to school
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hostile crowds protesting school integration ⓘ |
| educationalUse |
character education
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teaching civil rights history ⓘ teaching diversity and inclusion ⓘ |
| features | photographs of Ruby Bridges ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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children's literature ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
e-book
ⓘ
hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
children
ⓘ
elementary school students ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Ruby Bridges ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor | first-person account of school integration by a child participant ⓘ |
| portraysEvent |
enforcement of Brown v. Board of Education
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integration of an all-white elementary school ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The Story of Ruby Bridges ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| settingInstitution | William Frantz Elementary School ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
New Orleans, Louisiana
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linked to:
New Orleans
|
| subject |
African American history
ⓘ
civil rights movement ⓘ courage ⓘ racial integration in education ⓘ racism ⓘ school desegregation in the United States ⓘ social justice ⓘ |
| theme |
bravery in the face of discrimination
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equality ⓘ historical memory ⓘ overcoming prejudice ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1960s
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Civil Rights Era ⓘ |
| usedIn | school curricula in the United States ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story Description of subject: "Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story" is a children's autobiographical picture book in which civil rights icon Ruby Bridges recounts her experience as one of the first Black children to integrate an all-white elementary school in the American South.
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linked to: Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story