For memorial gifts that inspires to do the right thing. Never forget where you com from!
The Story Of Ruby Bridges: Special Anniversary Edition Paperback – September 1, 2010 |
by Robert Coles (Author), George Ford (Illustrator)
4.7 out of 5 stars - customer reviews
#1 Best Seller in Children's United States Biographies
Kindle: $5.24
Paperback: $5.75
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first African American child to
integrate a New Orleans school with this paperback reissue!
The
year is 1960, and six-year-old Ruby Bridges and her family have recently
moved from Mississippi to New Orleans in search of a better life. When a
judge orders Ruby to attend first grade at William Frantz Elementary,
an all-white school, Ruby must face angry mobs of parents who refuse to
send their children to school with her. Told with Robert Coles' powerful
narrative and dramatically illustrated by George Ford, Ruby's story of
courage, faith, and hope is now available in this special 50th
anniversary edition with an updated afterword!
Available at Amazon.com
Celebrate MLK Day by remembering his fight for justice and for rights of all peoples. Though we are not at "the promise land" yet we are blessed to live in a society were all can have great opportunities for a better life. We have come too far to give up. Life is precious and we need love and honesty at these times were we still have Waring factions spewing hate bigotry and violence.
Finally the best idea for memorial gifts is to celebrate the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. everyday in memory and in action.
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