Segregation was a 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 …show more content…
Abon received a job, neighbors offered to babysit them. Some people even offered to protect their house. Many supporters started walking behind Ruby and the federal marshals the five blocks to school. Integration became accepted and parents started putting their children in Ruby’s class the following school year.
Ruby Bridges even established her own foundation in 1999, called The Ruby Bridges Foundation. She did this to promote tolerance and create change through education. According to the article Ruby Bridges Biography, which appears on biography.com, Bridges said, “Racism is a grown-up disease and we must stop using our children to spread it” (3). Bridges wanted to give kids an equal opportunity to succeed. She started accomplishing her vision at William Frantz and progressed to other schools in hope to eliminate racism.
Many sacrifices had to be made while several angry, white protesters committed the most cruel and disgusting act of civil disobedience by boycotting and threatening Ruby Bridges. Ruby’s family sacrificed their jobs and safety in order for her to go to a school near her home. Committing acts of civil disobedience come with a lot of negativity, such as hurting others or making them feel less of themselves in the act. Civil disobedience can be very effective depending on what it is, the white protesters act was very effective because it allowed Ruby to become stronger and allow
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 …show more content…
Abon received a job, neighbors offered to babysit them. Some people even offered to protect their house. Many supporters started walking behind Ruby and the federal marshals the five blocks to school. Integration became accepted and parents started putting their children in Ruby’s class the following school year.
Ruby Bridges even established her own foundation in 1999, called The Ruby Bridges Foundation. She did this to promote tolerance and create change through education. According to the article Ruby Bridges Biography, which appears on biography.com, Bridges said, “Racism is a grown-up disease and we must stop using our children to spread it” (3). Bridges wanted to give kids an equal opportunity to succeed. She started accomplishing her vision at William Frantz and progressed to other schools in hope to eliminate racism.
Many sacrifices had to be made while several angry, white protesters committed the most cruel and disgusting act of civil disobedience by boycotting and threatening Ruby Bridges. Ruby’s family sacrificed their jobs and safety in order for her to go to a school near her home. Committing acts of civil disobedience come with a lot of negativity, such as hurting others or making them feel less of themselves in the act. Civil disobedience can be very effective depending on what it is, the white protesters act was very effective because it allowed Ruby to become stronger and allow