Through My Eyes


Primary Source: “At the time, I knew little about the racial fears and hatred in Louisiana, where I was growing up. Young children never know about racism at the start. It’s we adults who teach it.”

Directly quoted from Bridges' book.




Through My Eyes is the most accurate and reliable primary source: it provides a direct, firsthand account of the 1960 desegregation of William Frantz Elementary School from the perspective of the child who lived it, offering a firsthand, personal narrative of six-year-old Bridges' thoughts, feelings, and innocence.