1-Ruby Bridges- As a child,my mom bought me a book about her,back then it gave me chills and still does. Ruby was born September 8, 1954 in Tylertown,Mississippi. At the agr of two,her family moved to New Orlens,Louisiana because her parents sought to work in better oppertunities. Ruby was born the same year of the Supreme Court of the Brown vs Board of Education descion to desegregate schools. When Ruby was in kindergarden,she attended a segregated school. Back then,New Orlens had a test for african american students wheter or not they could attend a white school. The idea was,if all African-American children faild the test,New Orlens schools might be stay segregated for a while longer. Her father opposed her taking the test,beliving if she took the test and
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Ruby had a rough year at school,she wansnt allowed to go to the cafeteria or go to recess with the other kids. One of the marshals named Charls Burks, who escorted her described her as having a lot of courage. She never whimperd or cried,Burks said “She just marched along like a soldier”. The abuisve situation also took a toll on her family,her father lost his job,her grandparents were sent off the land they had sharecopped for over 25 years, and the grocery store where the family shopped banned them from entering. But with the abuse came the support. Many people in the community,black and white showed suppot in multiple ways. Many families sent their children back to the school,a neighbor gave Ruby`s father a new job,people volunteered to babysit the kids,watch the house, and walked behind the federal marshals on the way to school. By the end of the year,the tension had cooled down and many students had returned to the school. By her second grade year,it seemed like everything changed. Mrs.Henry`s contract wasnt renewd and she and her husband returned to Boston. Ruby was now able to go to school by herself and the school had a full enrolment
Ruby had a rough year at school,she wansnt allowed to go to the cafeteria or go to recess with the other kids. One of the marshals named Charls Burks, who escorted her described her as having a lot of courage. She never whimperd or cried,Burks said “She just marched along like a soldier”. The abuisve situation also took a toll on her family,her father lost his job,her grandparents were sent off the land they had sharecopped for over 25 years, and the grocery store where the family shopped banned them from entering. But with the abuse came the support. Many people in the community,black and white showed suppot in multiple ways. Many families sent their children back to the school,a neighbor gave Ruby`s father a new job,people volunteered to babysit the kids,watch the house, and walked behind the federal marshals on the way to school. By the end of the year,the tension had cooled down and many students had returned to the school. By her second grade year,it seemed like everything changed. Mrs.Henry`s contract wasnt renewd and she and her husband returned to Boston. Ruby was now able to go to school by herself and the school had a full enrolment