Reading with a Ranger - Ruth and the Green Book

Description

Join Park Guide Fatimah Purvis as she reads Ruth and the Green Book!

The story follows a young girl named Ruth in the 1950s as her family takes a trip in their new car to visit her grandmother.

During the trip Ruth experiences some harsh realities of what it meant to be African American at the time.

This narrative provides children a glimpse at segregation and can lead to learning opportunities.

(Video audio describe by narrator. Video created with written permission from Lerner Publishing Group)

Duration

13 minutes, 22 seconds

Credit

NPS video by Preston Webb & Fatimah Purvis

Date Created

02/01/2021

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