Ruby bridges autobiography of missouri
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Hello Bears and welcome back to the blog for this week. I hope the last few weeks have been kind to you and that your classes are going well.
The semester is going well for me but it’s a little bittersweet because this is one of my very last blog posts before graduation in May. However, I am taking everything one day at a time because rushing things never works.
I wanted to start the semester with a blog brev about someone who inspired me growing up and continues to do so as I get older. That person is American civil rights activist, Ruby Bridges.
Ruby Bridges
Ruby Bridges was one of the first African American students at the age of six to integrate a school in the south. Ruby integrated a school in the south because in 1954 the Supreme Court ruling of Brown v. The Board of Education ordered that all schools desegregate. She was one of a few students that passed the entry exam given by the state to see if African American students were on a similar level as their cou
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We're talking about civil rights activist Ruby Bridges, who was only five years old when she was caught in the wake of desegregation, swimming against the tide of public opinion in her hometown of New Orleans, Louisiana. Read on to learn more about the extraordinary life story of one of our most cherished civil rights symbols.
If you found this explanation on Ruby Bridges helpful, you may want to check out our explanations on other civil rights activists of the 20th century such as Ida B. Wells and Dennis Banks!
Ruby Bridges Biography
Ruby Bridges was born on September 8, 1954, in Tylertown, Mississippi. Her parents were local farmers Lucille and Abon. Bridges was the first of five children. When Ruby was 2, the family uprooted and relocated to New Orleans, Louisiana, where they felt there were more opportunities.
Fig. 1 Ruby Bridges Speaking
Ruby Bridges Education
desegregation (noun) - the act of integrating public facilities that were once segregated by race.
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