‘History is sacred’: Ruby Bridges blasts attempts to 'cover up history' as her books are banned

What goes through your mind when you hear these debates unfold all in schools across the country about what should be taught, what should be read, what shouldn’t be access to books? What do you think about? Well, I think that’s ridiculous. I mean, most of my books have been banned, and the excuse that I’ve heard them give is that my story actually makes especially white kids feel bad about themselves. My biggest fans are kids all around the world, as I just mentioned All of the letters, all of the mail. I have little girls from all walks of life, different nationalities that dress up like Ruby Bridges. I found through my 25 years of traveling that they resonate with the loneliness. Probably the pain that I felt not having a friend. There’s all sorts of reasons that they are drawn to my story. So I would have to disagree, I believe, but I can’t swear to that. But I believe that it’s just an excuse not to share the truth, to cover up history. But I believe that history is sacred. That none of us should have the right to change our alter history in any way.