Mississippi Women

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In this essay I will be informing you on information about people from Mississippi who has made a huge impact in life. We have people like Ruby Bridges who integrated an all-white school. Ida B Wells an early leader in the civil rights movement who was also a writer as well. Last but not least Ms. Oprah Gail Winfrey, the most influential woman in the world
In 1954 September 8th Ruby Bridges was born in Tylertown, Mississippi to the parents of Lucille and Abon Bridges. At the age of 4 Ruby Bridges and her family relocated to New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1960 Ruby parents volunteer her to participate in the NAACP New Orleans Color System program. The Program was to have blacks integrated into an all-white elementary school which is called William Frantz Elementary school. Ruby father Abon was very hesitant of his daughter attending the school along with 5 other black students. They all had pass the test to attend William Frantz Elementary school but ruby end up being the only one to attend. Two others of the 6 black students went back to their old school and the other three chose to transfer to another school, leaving ruby to attend by herself. Ruby mother Lucille felt very strongly about her choice to send her daughter off to William Frantz Elementary. She felt it was a great opportunity for better education for her daughter and that it was the first step for all black African American’s children, November 14, 1960 Ruby Bridges first day of school. She was surrounded by officers and her mother on her way to school. Ruby had to march through a crowd of angry white folks who held signs and yell names at her. Ruby never once cried or show signs of weakness. She held her head high and marched right on in the building. The white people...

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...Chicago show! She than launched her own Production Company and became internationally syndicated. Oprah than had her own show called The Oprah Winfey Show that millions of people tune in every week to watch. She became so Mainstream Oprah is one of the most top paid Black African American woman on the face of the earth right now. Even without her show she has her own Television Channel now which is called OWN. The Channel airs some of Oprah most highlights moments, D.Phil., Iyanal Vanzant, Fixed My Life and many more shows.
These three women are all from some part of Mississippi. They all have went through hardships in life and overcame them. Their struggles have made them the women that they are today and I salute them all.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Bridges http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_B._Wells http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey

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