Through Our Eyes Volume One

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I am so proud of my students who had the courage to step up and tell their stories. In life it's easy to fall into the trap that leads too many to believe they are alone in dealing with their struggles. Together, my student and I learned that "we do not walk these halls alone. Aug 10, Katherine King rated it it was amazing. The bravery of sharing one's story is such a beautiful thing. I admire the students and their teacher for living their truth and sharing it with the world. I think we all can relate to feeling like no one understands what we are going through at the moment, and that's why I loved this book, because we all get that.

If the authors of this book read this review, you need to know that The bravery of sharing one's story is such a beautiful thing. If the authors of this book read this review, you need to know that you are amazing and powerful and have given me a gift. Jun 09, Tessa rated it liked it Shelves: A collection of powerful personal narratives.

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I wish I could use some of these as model texts for my students, but the subject matter is too heavy for a middle school. Abuse, rape, drugs, suicide. Not that I would have these authors change what they wrote. These stories are honest, raw, sharp, present, and well written. If I taught high school, I would use these. May 31, Robbie Hadley rated it it was amazing. Such an amazing, inspiring book to read. I recommend to anyone and everyone, especially to anyone who is going through a hard time in their life, because reading this is definitely a great way to see that there is always a positive way to deal with whatever is going on.

Piccolo rated it it was amazing Jul 27, Eliza rated it it was amazing Feb 13, Alix rated it it was amazing Jun 01, Amy marked it as to-read Jun 01, Letitia marked it as to-read Jun 01, That love and responsibility, as well as the unquestioning obedience that had been drilled into her, probably account for a large part of the reason Bridges was able to survive her ordeal as well as she did. Bridges, supplemented by excerpts from her mother, her teacher, the New York Times, and other newspapers, and author John Steinbeck, then tells of that brutal first year in which she was the only black child at William Frantz Public School.

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She was escorted by U. Marshalls every day for most of the year. Most of the other parents pulled their children out of school after she showed up. Crowds of protestors gathered around the school each day shouting things too obscene to be printed in the newspaper, holding up illiterate signs, and threatening death in various forms. Much of the crowd was made up of "housewives" - women who presumably had children of their own. A small handful of white children did continue to attend the school.

They too were met with protesters who threw rocks and eggs at them. Some parents were forced to give up sending their children to that school. In any case, little Ruby didn't even known they were there for most of the year because the prejudiced principal would not allow them in the same class. And so tiny Ruby learned all by herself with only her heroic teacher, Barbara Henry, for company.

Eventually things did get better. Child psychologist Robert Coles began meeting with Ruby to give her an outlet for her experiences. Teacher Barbara Henry was able to prevail and have the other white children come to her class part of each day. Gradually the protests died down and the Marshalls went away.

By the time Ruby started second grade she arrived to find the white children back in school and even several other black children. But no more Barbara Henry who had essentially been driven back north, a persona non grata. Bridges concludes by bringing us up to date on her largely successful and happy life since those infamous days. She basically has no regrets for being the one to pave the way for other black children, but at the same time there is a hint of mourning for a lost childhood. Possibly even more than the voices in the story, the pictures provide the power of the story.

There's the pictures of tiny little Ruby in her fresh white dress and the bow in her hair being led by her mother and the Marshalls. On the other hand, there are the pictures of the protesters - hoards of teenage boys laughing like it's a carnival, a grown man holding a black doll in a casket, people throwing rocks and eggs at white children who continued to attend the school, a woman threatening to strangle the Methodist minister who continued to bring his daughter to school, the cute little white girl holding up a cross, another cross burning while white-hooded men look on.

Pictures to be proud of for sure. I wonder what those participants think of now when they look back on those pictures?

What do their children think? But amidst the ugly and horrifying pictures there are some beautiful and heartening ones too. There are photos of Civil Rights marches with black faces mingled with white faces. There's the picture of Ruby with her teacher, and a picture of a smiling Eleanor Roosevelt who sent an encouraging letter to the Bridges family. But the most heartening photos are the two showing a smiling Ruby with her white classmates after she was finally allowed to meet them, and therein lies the seed of hope for the generation to come.

The South, we are told, was and is not racist. The Civil War was fought over "states' rights". The struggles surrounding Jim Crow laws, lynching and segregation were about preserving the "Southern Way of Life". Read this book and think about that phrase a moment. Is a "way of life" that involves threatening a six-year-old girl because of the color of her skin a "way of life" worth fighting for? It is a little longer than It is a little longer than some other books and a little more challenging for my 6 yr old granddaughter to read on her own.

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But we read it over a couple of days. We also did not read it at bedtime since some of the things that happen to Ruby are upsetting. We read it in afternoon so we could have time to talk about it and process the information. The last chapter, the story of the grownup Ruby, was uplifting. Such an interesting and informative book. Doesn't use one narrator, but includes stories about and from other people whose lives were impacted by Ruby and integration, like her teacher and other students who suffered ridicule for attending the school with Ruby.

I haven't finished the book yet because every page is so moving, my heart feels like its going to explode and I have to put the book away for awhile. We've all seen the picture, the teeny, tiny girl flanked by giant white men. This little girl's photograph haunted me as a white child in the early 60s. I always wondered how she must have felt, and hoped the adults surrounding her were kind, and good with children! I enjoyed reading behind the scenes, the true story--through little Ruby's eyes!

Beautiful book, with Ruby Bridges story told from a child's perspective. Includes portions with far more detail than a picture book, but also has shorter passages perfect for reading by younger ages.

The combination is great for providing just right information, and leading to asking more questions, and searching out more answers. Includes many, many photographs that help illustrate so well what school was like for Ruby in those early years. One person found this helpful. I bought this for my granddaughter to let her see the true happenings that took place when I was young.

I read it and so did my granddaughter-in-law who is Asian. She said it made her understand things much better! Very interesting story from her perspective and an important piece of history. I had my granddaughter read it also as she is not very aware of the struggles of Black people in this country. She didn't think it was a "big deal" when Obama was elected. Her response was " so what if he is Black, why is it a big deal that he was elected President". Gorgeous photographs and lots of details from Ruby that I haven't read in other accounts.

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