Ruby Bridges was born on September 8, 1954 in Tylertown Mississippi. This was the same year the legal case, Brown v. Board of Education integrated schools. Ruby's family was poor and they were share croppers. In 1958 when Ruby was four, she and her family moved to New Orleans. When Kindergarten started, Ruby went to an all black school named Johnson Lockett Elementary. Everyday she walked to school with her friends, and other kids on her block. Ruby and some other students were given a test to see which students could go to an all white school.
One day some people from the NAACP organization came to Ruby's house to tell her and her family that she passed the test and could go to an all white school that was much closer to her home. There were five students that would be integrating. One student decided not to go and the other four were going to a different school. Ruby was going to integrate into an all white school by herself.
Ruby's parents argued about the decision for Ruby to integrate. Her dad disagreed because the family could get hurt while Ruby was at the white school. Ruby's mother said that no one would get hurt and that this was an opportunity for Ruby to get a better education.
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Sydney M.
One day some people from the NAACP organization came to Ruby's house to tell her and her family that she passed the test and could go to an all white school that was much closer to her home. There were five students that would be integrating. One student decided not to go and the other four were going to a different school. Ruby was going to integrate into an all white school by herself.
Ruby's parents argued about the decision for Ruby to integrate. Her dad disagreed because the family could get hurt while Ruby was at the white school. Ruby's mother said that no one would get hurt and that this was an opportunity for Ruby to get a better education.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Bridges
Sydney M.