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In a political environment where book-banning efforts are being used to drive voter sentiment, librarians find themselves on the front lines.

This book is told with a hint of humor from the vantage point of a first grader, focusing on the wonder rather than the scariness of her first day at school.

American authors Elizabeth Strout and Percival Everett have been named finalists for the Booker Prize for fiction.

Bridges, along with three other Black students at a different school, were the first to integrate what had been all-white schools in New Orleans in 1960.

Bridges was one of the first Black students to cross the racial divide in New Orleans schools.

Ruby Bridges was a 6-year-old first-grader when she walked past jeering crowds of white people to become one of the first Black students to attend a racially segregated school in New Orleans more than six decades ago. Now, with teaching about race in America more complicated than its ever been, shes written a picture book about her experience for the youngest of readers.

In 1960, at the age of six, Ruby Bridges was the first Black child to desegregate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Now she shares the lessons she learned with future generations.

In 1960, at the age of six, Ruby Bridges was the first Black child to desegregate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Now she shares the lessons she learned with future generations.

The Ohio Open Doors program will make two stops at the Oak Harbor Public Library, 147 Main St., on Saturday, Sept. 10 from 1-3 p.m. and Monday, Sept. 12 from

Civil Rights Icon Ruby Bridges has released a new book that speaks on her life as a child going to an all-white school in the south.