Wonder Women
Civil RIghts
by Robert Coles
was just 6 years old when she became
one of four girls chosen to integrate
New Orleans, Louisiana public schools.
Ruby had to deal with racial prejudice
and hatred while still proving that she
was smart enough to attend a school
that used to be just for white students.
Ruby Bridges is one of our heroes.
Read this great picture book and she
is sure to be one of your heroes, too.
Recommended by Rachel and Sarah.
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this book. The movie is available in both VHS
and DVD formats.
Note: Ruby Bridges wrote a memoir of her
experiences as a six-year-old in a slightly longer
picture book for intermediate and middle school
students called Through My Eyes.
by David A. Adler.
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white
patron on a segregated bus in Montgomery,
Alabama. When you read this book, you learn
that ordinary people can change the world. Mrs,
Rosa's simple act of defiance helped to launch
the Civil Rights Movement in America, and she is
remembered today as the Mother of the Civil
Rights Movement.
by Faith Ringgold
Celebrated author and artist Faith Ringgold tells
the story of Rosa Parks and the birth of the Civil
Rights Movement in this unique picture book
biography. In this book, the bus tells how
Mrs.Rosa courageously stood up for her rights
as a human being in spite of laws that tried to
deny her those rights. This book shows that one
person can make a difference in the world.
