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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instanceOf book
author Ruby Bridges NERFINISHED
awardsAndHonors Carter G. Woodson Book Award (elementary level) NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: 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 NERFINISHED
relatedWork The Story of Ruby Bridges NERFINISHED
settingLocation New Orleans, Louisiana NERFINISHED
subject New Orleans school integration
Ruby Bridges NERFINISHED
civil rights movement
school desegregation in the United States
timePeriodCovered 1960s
topic Brown v. Board of Education context NERFINISHED
federal marshals escorting Ruby Bridges
impact of segregation on children
white resistance to integration

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