I Am Ruby Bridges
Author: Bridges, RubyBinding: HardcoverFormat: Picture BookNumber Of Pages: 48Release Date: 06-09-2022Details: About the Author Nikkolas Smith, a native of Houston, Texas, is a Master of Architecture recipient from Hampton University. He is an ARTivist, Concept artist, Children's Books Author, Film Illustrator and Movie poster designer (Black Panther, Soul, Beale Street, Southside With You, Dear White People, Stranger Fruit). He is the author/illustrator of the picture books The Golden Girls of Rio (nominated for an NAACP Image Award) and My Hair Is Poofy And That's Okay. The latest children’s book he has illustrated, World Cup Women, features the World Champion USWNT. He lives in Los Angeles, California. Ruby Bridges is a Civil Rights icon, activist, author and speaker who at the age of six was the first Black student to integrate an all-white elementary school in Louisiana. Her walk to the front door of the school was immortalized in Norman Rockwell’s painting The Problem We All Li