school integration

Introduces the life of Ruby Bridges, who was the first African American student to integrate an elementary school in the south.

A member of the Little Rock Nine shares her memories of growing up in the South under Jim Crow.

Readers will experiencing the desegregation crisis and a time of clashing attitudes that would affect all Little Rock's students, black and white, and the rest of the country's as well.

"It's 1963, and things are changing for Jezebel Turner. Her beloved grandmother has just passed away. The local police deputy won't stop harassing her family. With school integration arriving in South Carolina, Jez and her twin brother, Jay, are about to begin the school year with a bunch of new kids. But the biggest change comes when Jez and Jay turn eleven, and their uncle, Doc, tells them he's going to train them in rootwork. Jez and Jay have always been fascinated by the African American folk magic that has been the legacy of their family for generations--especially the curious potions and powders Doc and Gran would make for the people on their island. But Jez soon finds out that her family's true power goes far beyond small charms and elixirs, and not a moment too soon. Because when evil both natural and supernatural comes to show itself in town, it's going to take every bit of the magic she has inside her to see her through"--Provided by publisher.

"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"--Provided by publisher.

Presents a brief biography of Ruby Bridges, the first African American girl to go to an all-white school in Louisiana.

Explores the efforts of Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine as they tried to bring integration to all-white schools in Little Rock, Arkansas.

The portrait of an extended African-American family in which the thirteen-year-old daughter strives to be grown-up while facing prejudice and school busing pressures outside of the family.

"Nine high school students in Little Rock, Arkansas were at the heart of the battle to integrate schools in the late 1950s. Many places in the south were slow to change, but things got especially heated in Little Rock, Arkansas"--Amazon.com.

"In 1960, six-year-old Ruby Bridges walked into William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, Louisiana. She became the first black student to attend the previously all-white school. This event paved the way for widespread school desegregation in the South . . . [This book] explores Bridges's legacy"--Provided by publisher.