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Summary: "When Ruby Bridges was six years old, she became the first African American student to integrate an elementary school in the South. Told in the perspective of her six year old self and based on the pivotal events that happened in 1960, Ruby tells her story like never before. Embracing her name and learning that even at six years old she was able to pave the path for future generations, this is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BRICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BRITurner, Myra Faye
Summary: "When 6-year-old Ruby Bridges and her mother went to William Frantz Elementary School on November 14, 1960, they arrived to find an angry crowd of white people shouting racist insults. For her safety, Ruby had to be escorted to school every day by U.S. Marshals. But despite the hateful attitudes of others, Ruby didn't miss a single day of school that year. Discover the incredible bravery of one...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BRIMontana-Leblanc, Phyllis.
Summary: Hurricane Katrina survivor LeBlanc--featured in Spike Lee's acclaimed HBO documentary "When the Levees Broke"--offers an astounding and poignant account of her struggle to survive one of the nation's worst disasters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.34 MONEggers, Dave.
Summary: Describes how Abdulrahman Zeitoun remained in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, his subsequent efforts to help other victims, his disappearance a week later, and the effect of these events on his wife Kathy and their children.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.335 EGGSpielman, David G.
Summary: This uniquely intimate collection of correspondence and photographs from the "ground zero" of post-Katrina New Orleans offers special, new insight into the tragedy. Previously published and renowned New Orleans photographer, David Spielman, remained in his uptown New Orleans home during and after the storm. Armed with his camera and a gun for a self-protection, he captured the turmoil on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Louisiana State University Press 2007