Ruby Bridges: The Greatest Citizen
Ruby Bridges, the first African-American girl to attend an all-white Southern school alone, faced discrimination and adversity for her bravery in advancing civil rights. Despite challenges, Ruby's story of resilience, impact, and personal growth is recounted in her own words, shedding light on a pivotal moment in history.
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RUBY BRIDGES THE GREATEST CITIZEN By: Jenna VonAhnen
FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN GIRL TO GO TO ALL WHITE SOUTHERN SCHOOL BY HERSELF. Ruby Bridges at age 6 gets escorted in and out of William Franz elementary school in New Orleans by her mother and U.S. Federal Marshals. As she spends almost the whole year in a classroom alone with Mrs. Henry, the only teacher willing to teach Ruby she gets the education her mother believes she deserves. By Ruby attending an all white school, it hepled with continuing the Civil Rights Act.
Picture of Ruby Bridges being escorted out of William Franz elementray school in New Orleans, November 14th 1960.
MORE THAN JUST SCHOOL With Ruby going to school, her helping to Civil Rights Act wasn't the only thing going on. Angry, violent mobs waited outside of the school to harass Ruby and her mother to go back to where she came from. Parents pulled their children out of school because they did not want them around Ruby. Not only did it effect Ruby it also effected her parents and grandparents, they got banned from going to the grocerystore, her dad lost his job and her grandparents got their land taken away.
MOVING ON After winter break the stress and anxiety finally caught up to Ruby. She stopped eating, started having nightmares and started to see a psychologist; Dr. Robert Coles. Nobody knew she stopped eating until a janitor found all of her sandwiches pilled up in a closet causing a mouse infestation. That s when Ruby's mother decided to get a psychologist, the only one that agreed to help her was Dr. Coles. He stayed with her once a week either at school or at home just talking to her about how she was feeling, some times his wife would join in on sessions to talk to Ruby.
IMPACTING OTHERS While Ruby was having her meetings with Dr. Cole he got concerned about how she would handle all the stress at a young age so he wrote a series of articles about her experience for The Atlantic Monthly. https://www.scribd.com/document_downloads/direct/200225280?exte nsion=pdf&ft=1432172575<=1432176185&source=embed&uahk=b MPmWn3miT8w/qE3DSOAGN8W7hY
THROUGH MY EYES Through my eyes is a book written by Ruby Bridges herself, telling us about her life and how she felt while growing up.
