US activist, 69, speaks to NBC amid growing effort to prevent I Am Ruby Bridges and other works being available to school students
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Ruby Bridges: civil rights pioneer rejects claim book makes white children uncomfortable
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/26/ruby-bridges-book-ban-civil-rights
93maddie94@lemm.ee 6 months ago
The Scholastic comment in the article is no longer accurate. npr.org/…/scholastic-book-fair-diverse-stories-ap… They did have an optional diverse collection for their book fairs but have since added them back into the regular delivery for book fairs.
To the issue at hand, if Ruby Bridges was able to live through it as a child, your child can learn about it.