Short Essay: The Story Of Ruby Bridges

The story of Ruby Bridges: Writing about character and other text-based recurring themes. Close your eyes and imagine your Ruby Bridges. A six year old black girl in 1960 in Louisiana walking into an all-white school. People stand there chanting horrible things at you while your alone and afraid. Those chanters were ignorant. They chose not to give integration a chance and resorted to violence. Ruby on the other hand was brave, she did not give up or run away from the problems she was facing. She persevered through the rocky patches and made history. Ruby changed this world for the better and will be remembered for that. First off, the people living in the South at that time were ignorant. They didn’t accept colored people. The white parents or “crackers” almost started a riot outside William France School because integration was beginning. They chanted “2, 4, 6, 8, we don’t want to integrate.” Some people made signs reading “you are not welcome here!” One women even threatened to hang, poison, and kill Ruby. Can you even picture how frightening and cruel that must have been? Something that blew my mind even more was the behavior of the teachers. They refused to teach Ruby because she was not white. Mrs. Henry had to grab Ruby’s hand and pull her away from the ignorant teachers causing a scene. What made the …show more content…
This opened my eyes and made me realize that in rough times you have to push through. Dreams are not free! As Mrs. Bridges said herself, “Things aren’t gonna get better unless we make them better!” The white parents encouraged me to give change a chance. I don’t want to be that person who hold onto the past and doesn’t understand change can be good. Even though things may be new and scary you have to consider other people’s opinions. I was also inspired by the way Ruby stayed true to herself and tried her very best. This movie was great and taught me some valuable