Ruby Bridges

terrible, but big part of history. Most acts of civil disobedience go unnoticed or undealt with. Well, Ruby Bridges made sure the one she had to struggle through did not. Several angry, white protesters committed the most cruel and disgusting act of civil disobedience by boycotting and threatening Ruby Bridges. Ruby Bridges was born on September 8, 1954, which was the year that the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decided to desegregate schools. In Tylertown, Mississippi, Ruby grew up with living with her parents, Abon and Lucille Bridges, and grandparents on a farm that her grandparents sharecropped. At the age of four years old Ruby’s parents and her moved to New Orleans, Louisiana in search of a better life in…

Ruby Bridges was a woman full of immense bravery and was the first black child to attend an all white elementary school. In the 1960s schools, restrooms, drinking fountains, restaurants and more were segregated. There were different places for different races and if you disobeyed the law it was a punishable offence. First and foremost, “Ruby Bridges will be forever remembered as the tiniest foot soldier in the civil rights movement, chosen at just 6 years old, to be the first black child to…

Rights Activist February 22, 2017 Ruby Bridges Ruby Bridges is famous for doing something most of us take for granted today: going to elementary school. But that simple act by one small girl played an important part in the Civil Rights Movement. Ruby Nell Bridges was born on September 8, 1954, in Tylertown, Mississippi, and grew up on the farm her parents and grandparents sharecropped in Mississippi. When she was 4 years old,…

Ruby Bridges broke through the barriers of racism in an all white school. At the age of six, Ruby was chosen to take a series of tests to see if she qualified to attend an all white school. Ruby was the first African American to attend an all white school. On Ruby’s first day, there were mobs of chaos and parents there to remove their children, but Ruby was brave through it all. Because of Ruby’s courage, books have been written and paintings were painted such as “The Problem We All Live Within”…

Born on September 8, 1954, Ruby Nell Bridges grew up in an all white town, located in the suburbs of Tylertown, Mississippi. As Ruby grew older, her parents - Abon and Lucille - moved with her to New Orleans, hoping for a better life in a bigger city. After living there for quite some time, Ruby had gotten two younger brothers, and one younger sister. Their names are Michael, Malcolm, and Joana. In New Orleans, Ruby’s father worked in a job at a gas station, while her mother took daily night…

When Ruby was about 2 her family had to move because her parents sought new work opportunities. She moved from Tylertown, Mississippi to New Orleans where she entered a segregated kindergarten. By Ruby entering William Frantz elementary school she provided hope for a change in the future. Within the article Young and Brave: girls changing history one is shown how Ruby was able to enter the school: the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled in 1954, the year that Ruby was born, that all schools…

is you!” (Ruby Bridges) During the 1960s, many people were choosing sides on social issues. One major issue of the decade was the Civil Rights movement. The southern states operated under the idea of separate but equal. This included white only water fountains, bathrooms and restaurants. Additionally, black children attended separate schools which were often falling apart and included limited resources. When looking at the history of the United States, specifically the desegregation of…

"Racism is a grown-up disease, and we must stop using our children to spread it" (Ruby Bridges). Ruby Bridges was a prime example of that quote, when she attended the all-white school. Therefore, she wrote it. Ruby Bridges created a world with all races of children learning together, used her sheer will of persistence to overcome the hatred of at least 100 racist white grown men and women; as well as laid the foundation of the civil rights movement. Ruby Bridges started the creation of a…

The Story of Ruby Bridges An epic is a long narrative poem. An epic is the narrating of deeds and adventures of a legendary hero. An epic is what Ruby Bridges had to go through at, William Frantz, the school of integration. In an epic, there are villains, and heroes. An epic has people that do right and know what’s right and have the people that tries to bring others down because they don’t want to see them succeed. The school of integration, William Frantz, is an Epic event because it meets…

Ruby Bridges was born September 8, 1954 in Tylertown Mississippi. When Ruby was four years old her family moved to New Orleans, Louisiana hoping for a better life. During this time it was extremely difficult for African Americans to find decent jobs to support their families because they were segregated. Segregation means to separate people based on the color of their skin, gender or religion. After the move her father got a job as a gas station attendant and her mother worked odd jobs at night.…