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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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Through My Eyes canonical | 2 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| author | Ruby Bridges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardsAndHonors | Carter G. Woodson Book Award (elementary level) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| educationalUse |
civil rights curriculum
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elementary school social studies ⓘ middle school history ⓘ |
| features |
historical photographs
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primary source documents ⓘ timeline of events ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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children's literature ⓘ |
| hasIllustrations | true ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
children
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educators ⓘ young adults ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| libraryOfCongressSubject |
African American civil rights workers — Juvenile literature
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Bridges, Ruby, 1954- — Juvenile literature ⓘ School integration — Louisiana — New Orleans — History — 20th century — Juvenile literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
childhood and resilience
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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
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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
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Ruby Bridges NERFINISHED ⓘ civil rights movement ⓘ school desegregation in the United States ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | 1960s ⓘ |
| topic |
Brown v. Board of Education context
NERFINISHED
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federal marshals escorting Ruby Bridges ⓘ impact of segregation on children ⓘ white resistance to integration ⓘ |
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