This Is Your Time

Description:

Civil rights activist Ruby Bridges--who, at the age of six, was the first African American to integrate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans--shares her story through text and historical photographs, offering a powerful call to action.

subjects: nyt:childrens-middle-grade-hardcover=2020-11-29,  New York Times bestseller,  African american children, juvenile literature,  African americans, biography, juvenile literature,  Segregation in education,  New orleans (la.), history,  African americans, biography,  Juvenile literature,  African American children,  Biography,  School integration,  Race relations,  JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / African American,  JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Women,  JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Social Activists,  African American women,  Civil rights movements