This is Your Time

A story of strength in the face of shocking segregation and sadness.

Ruby is light and inspiration in the face of horrific, blatant racism' Sharna Jackson, author of High Rise MysteryA moving, timely letter about the struggle for racial equality by Ruby Bridges, the first black child to integrate an all-white school in the United States, featuring stunning photographs throughoutOn November 14, 1960, at the age of six, Ruby Bridges became the first black child to integrate an all-white school in New Orleans.

Escorted by federal marshals past angry segregationist protesters, young Ruby attended William Frantz Elementary and earned a place in civil rights history.