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When Ruby Bridges was aged just six, she became the first AfricanAmerican student to integrate an elementary school in the South. Based on the pivotal events of 1960 and told from her own pointof view for the first time, this is a poetic reflection on her experiencethat changed the face of history and the trajectory of theCivil Rights movement.

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When Ruby Bridges was aged just six, she became the first AfricanAmerican student to integrate an elementary school in the South. Based on the pivotal events of 1960 and told from her own pointof view for the first time, this is a poetic reflection on her experiencethat changed the face of history and the trajectory of theCivil Rights movement.
Autorenporträt
NIKKOLAS SMITH a native of Houston, Texas, is a Master of Architecture recipient from Hampton University. He is an ARTivist, Concept artist, Children's Books Author, Film Illustrator and Movie poster designer (Black Panther, Soul, Beale Street, Southside With You, Dear White People, Stranger Fruit). He is the author/ illustrator of the picture books The Golden Girls of Rio (nominated for an NAACP Image Award) and My Hair Is Poofy And That's Okay and the illustrator of I am Ruby Bridges.The latest children's book he has illustrated, World Cup Women, features the World Champion USWNT. He lives in Los Angeles, California. Ruby Bridges became a pioneer in school integration at the age of six, when she was chosen to spend her first-grade year in what had formerly been an all-white elementary school. Ruby Bridges now works as a lecturer, telling her story to adults and children alike. She lives with her husband and sons in New Orleans, Louisiana.