Ruby Bridges Research Paper

The Ruby Bridges movie takes place in New Orleans in the year 1960. The movie is set in an all African-American town where Ruby lives. The main character of the story is Ruby bridges. She lives in a small house with her parents, Abon and Lucielle Bridges and her three younger siblings. She is six years old, and going into first-grade. When Ruby and four other African-American girls are selected to go to an all-white school, based on their high test scores, Abon does not want to put Ruby through going to the school by herself with all of the protestors, but Lucielle wants Ruby to have a better education. So, Ruby goes to the school. There were both positive and negative things about this movie. One example of a positive thing I found was how well the actors and actresses portrayed Ruby’s story. I felt that they did a very good job of showing the conflicts of …show more content…
It teaches that one person, no matter who they are, can largely impact the world. It shows of Ruby’s perseverance and determination through difficult times, inspiring many people. Although it was a good movie, I believe that some of the conflicts featured in the movie such as racial tensions, would be difficult and too intense for younger children to understand. I think this movie should be played in fourth or fifth grade and older because it would then be easier to understand the concept of the story. I feel that this movie handles the issue of racial tensions well by describing and showing many problems between different races, in order to further educate the viewers. Despite not describing some of the characters, I learned a lot about Ruby and her story from this movie that I did not know before I watched it. I learned about her struggles, how she was scared and how Ruby dealt with the protestors and other people who were mean to her. I learned about her journey through school and her wide-spread impact on segregation. I learned a lot from this