By 1964 only 2.4 percent of African Americans were attending white schools. Ruby bridges took the initiative to change that for the future. Ruby Bridges was a heroic, young African American activist who was an idol for many minorities by standing up for what she believed in and attending an all-white school.
Ruby Bridges is a hero because she attended an all-white school as a minority. On November 4, 1960, Ruby’s mother told her, “Don’t be afraid” (“Building Bridges”). Ruby knew to listen to her mother because shortly four U.S. federal court marshals would be arriving to take her to William Frantz Public School. William Frantz was an all-white school in which the government wanted to work towards desegregating. Once Ruby arrived she had
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to be escorted in by the court marshals because there were crowds of angry protesters all around the school. Once families found out that a minority was attending their children’s school they started to pull their children from classes. It got to the point where Ruby was attending classes alone. Ruby handled it all very well and she even stated, “I wasn’t really afraid” (“Walking Tall”). Ruby held out through the whole year and by the next year all the whites had returned and the crowds of protesters disbanded. They were one step closer to desegregation thanks to the little girl with immense amounts of courage. Another way Ruby Bridges became a hero is by establishing her own association to help other minorities.
Ruby formed the Ruby Bridges Foundation which is solely dedicated to giving all children, no matter the race, equal opportunities for success and encouraging appreciation of others differences. One thing said about Ruby’s foundation was, “Her goal is to share the importance of respecting one another and appreciating people's differences” (“Ruby’s Resume”). Ruby started with an after-school program which consisted of multicultural art classes held at William Frantz Public School. Soon after, Ruby started a program called Ruby’s Bridges. This program was used to promote cultural understanding through community service acts. Her foundation is still running today and even now she travels to other schools with her former teacher instilling these traits in children of all …show more content…
ages. Yet again Ruby Bridges showed heroic traits by being recognized by many. Ruby was acknowledged by many for her work. One person in specific who noticed was Bill Clinton who was the President at the time. Bill awarded Ruby on November 13, 1969, “Bridges is awarded Presidential Citizen Medal by U.S. President Bill Clinton for her civil rights work” (“Ruby’s Resume”). She was honored by many U.S. Marshals for her bravery. Ruby also received a Legacy of Caring award in October of 2008. She received this for caring, just like the name of the award itself states, for minorities everywhere and fighting for not only her own but for children’s educations all over. Ruby was not one to give up, she stayed in that school even though she knew the risks of getting hurt. She stayed even though she knew how lonely it would be in a class by herself with no one but a teacher to talk to. Ruby had tremendous amounts of courage and for that many thanked her. Finally, Ruby Bridges displays heroism because she continues to help others and impact many at the age of 63.
To this day Ruby Bridges stays loyal to her cause and loves to help out many. Ruby still goes around to schools helping and encouraging people to accept others differences. Her former teacher still travels with her aspiring to reach the same goals. In 1999 Ruby wrote a book called, Through My Eyes. In this book, Ruby explains in detail about her life. She tells readers about the struggles and hardships she had to overcome. Ruby wrote this book to both inform and inspire her readers. She was recognized in many different states, for example, Indianapolis, Indiana. “The Children's Museum of Indianapolis opens an exhibit about bridges life” (“Ruby’s Resume”). Ruby works with the museum to instill the will to fight intolerance and make a positive difference in the world. Ruby asks children to write her letters about problems surrounding them and send them to her. Every year Ruby invites all these children to get together and talk about these letters and how they could help solve the issues. Ruby believes that everyone can help out for the better and she continues to instill this trait in us all throughout the years. She started as a little girl with bravery and became a woman with courage and strength to do good.
Ruby Bridges was a heroic, young African American activist who was an idol for many minorities by standing up for what she believed in and attending an
all-white school. Ruby stands as a hero because she started her own foundation, she continues to help out at her former school, and she has been recognized by many. Due to Ruby’s actions, the minorities now attending school are up to 66.6%. Bibliography "Building bridges." Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication, 8 Nov. 2010, p. 6. Student Resources in Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A241861136/GPS?u=mnknorelm&sid=GPS&xid=f196e6c7. Accessed 4 Jan. 2018. Children's Museum of Indianapolis. “Blog.” A Conversation with Ruby Bridges | The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, 8 Sept. 2013, www.childrensmuseum.org/blog/a-conversation-with-ruby-bridges. "Ruby's resume." Weekly Reader News Edition 4-6 [a Weekly Reader publication], 12 Nov. 2010, p. S3+. Student Resources in Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A246347133/GPS?u=mnknorelm&sid=GPS&xid=d27b3d16. Accessed 4 Jan. 2018. "The Story of Ruby Bridges." Publishers Weekly, 19 Dec. 1994, p. 54. Student Resources in Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A15950911/GPS?u=mnknorelm&sid=GPS&xid=941dd65e. Accessed 4 Jan. 2018. Turner, Myra Faye. "Ruby bridges." Appleseeds, Feb. 2008, p. 12+. Student Edition, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A177589252/GPS?u=mnknorelm&sid=GPS&xid=f8d11d30. Accessed 2 Jan. 2018. "Walking tall: how did Ruby Bridges make history 50 years ago?" Weekly Reader News Edition 4-6 [a Weekly Reader publication], 12 Nov. 2010, p. 4+. Student Resources in Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A246347125/GPS?u=mnknorelm&sid=GPS&xid=ef15d1e0. Accessed 4 Jan. 2018.
Ruby Bridges is a girl known for her courageous actions. Ruby went to a school that would discriminate colored people in the 1960s. She was the first African American to go to an all white school. Ruby Bridges was an American activist who became a symbol of the civil rights movement. An activist is someone who campaigns to bring about political or social change.
Ruby Bridges is a prime example of how little girls with bright minds hold so much power. Not only was she intelligent, Ruby was also courageous, determined and warm-hearted. During the time when she was growing up, society was more discriminative towards African-Americans. It was so severe that little kids were separated in schools just based on the pigment of their skin. As the first black child to attend a white elementary school, she was defying stereotypes and changing history, not to mention, she looked absolutely adorable doing it.
Throughout the course of American history, there have been many historical figures who have been responsible for, or were a part of, the gradual change of our nation. In the early to mid 1900's, the United States was racially segregated, and African Americans were looked at as second class citizens. In the mid-1900's, a time period which is now known as the Civil Rights Movement, there were a number of different people who helped lead the charge to desegregate the United States. Some of the historical figures, whose names are synonymous with the Civil Rights Movement, include political activist Martin Luther King, NAACP officer Medgar Evers, Baptist minister Malcolm X, and normal citizen Rosa Parks. All of these people were a very large part of the Civil Rights Movement and attempted to recognize African Americans as equals to Whites.
Board of Education, Melba Pattillo Beals will always be known as one of the first black students to go to a white school. Her race have hoped of this for years now, and the Little Rock Nine had made it with the support of the general army. People went as far as to hurt them, resulting as far for the government to support nine black students. This is what it takes to charge forward, or to hit a home run like Jackie Robinson.
In “The Glass Castle”, the author Jeanette Walls describes her childhood and what motivated her to chase her education and move out to New York City with her siblings and leave their parents behind in West Virginia. The main struggle Jeanette and her siblings had was the conflicting point of view that they had with their mother on parenting. Despite their father Rex Walls being an alcoholic, constantly facing unemployment, and being a source of hope for his children, Rose Mary Walls had her list of attributes that shaped her children’s life. Rose Mary had a very interesting view on parenting in Jeanette Wall’s memoir and this perspective of parenting influenced her children both positively and negatively.
Are you a Leader… Or an Example…Or are you Neither..? In the book Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles. Ruby the main protagonist is a black girl who lives in a segregated town. (Segregation is when people were forced to be separated by race). With this, I believe Ruby Bridges is a Leader because Ruby Bridges is thoughtful, determined and most of all Ruby Bridges is loyal to those she trusts.
Ruby Bridges is one of the very many people who has changed history. Bridges has helped desegregate schools all around the world. She still stands today, sharing her thoughts and ideas to stop racism and segregation. Ruby’s life has had many ups, and downs, but she still seems to look on the bright side in almost every situation. Whites threatened and harshly criticized brave, confident, heroic American activist, Ruby Bridges for being one of the first African-American children to enter the William Frantz Elementary School, a school for white students, which helped end segregation in schools. Without Ruby Bridges, our schools may still be segregated to this day.
Ruby Nell Bridges played a significant role within the civil rights movement because she led the fight in desegregating schools in the south by being the first black student to attend an all white school there. She was born on September 8, 1954 in Tylertown, Mississippi. This was the same year that the Supreme Court made its Brown v. Board of Education decision. At the age of four she and her family moved from Mississippi to New Orleans. Although the law passed that segregation in schools was illegal in 1954, many white schools in the south refused to desegregate, and therefore the movement for desegregation didn’t take place until the 1960’s.
Ruby taught schools around the world to let schools let blacks and whites go to the same schools . Ruby started at Willam Frantz school . But what she did spread to other schools . Ruby was so helpful to schools she inspired an artist to paint a picture of her .Ruby inspired many people . Ruby now goes back to that school and reads and teaches at her old school reading stories and especially the story she wrote
Thanks to her good grades, Ruby is chosen to be a pioneer in breaking down the walls of segregation. Through her entire first school year with white children, this brave little black girl is escorted by four federal marshals through a crowd of angry white protestors in front of the school. Miss Henry, Ruby’s teacher from Boston, works with Ruby since none of the regular teachers will have anything to do with her. Through the hard work of the people who told Ruby to attend the white school and through the determination of Ruby, Miss Henry, and Mr. and Mrs. Bridges, Ruby overcame discrimination, racism, prejudice, stereotyping, and educational equalities.
In spite of her relatively short career, Bessie Coleman challenged early 20th century stereotypes of white supremacy and the disqualification of women. When she became the first African American female pilot, and performing all over the country, she proved that people did not have to be tied down by their gender or the color to succeed their dreams.
Rosa Parks risked her life everyday by being a leader and role model in her community. Rosa and her husband were both fired from their jobs and they had no income, which meant they had no money for their family. To make things worse Parks was getting threatening calls and it got to the point of
As a little girl, I remember learning about Ruby Bridges. I remember being mesmerized; truly astonished by the amount of courage and strength that she showed when she persevered during times of racial discrimination, all at the age of six. During, that time America was in an era of flash points; the racial revolution of the 1960’s was televised. The image of Ruby walking up the front steps of William Frantz Elementary School sparked an interest in a famous painter Norman Rockwell, who created a blueprint that later evolved into the everlasting interpretation of that historical event for generations to come.
In the memoir, The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls gives an insight on the life of a family living in poverty. As seen in the story, Jeannette struggles to live as she deals with an alcoholic father and a rather selfish mother. Throughout the years, the reader sees the children develop into different and grow into different personages. Walls demonstrates the idea that resilience is necessary because it helps poverty-stricken children by promoting the development of a one being independent while altering one’s perspective.
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is a harrowing and heartbreaking yet an inspiring memoir of a young girl named Jeannette who was deprived of her childhood by her dysfunctional and unorthodox parents, Rex and Rose Mary Walls. Forced to grow up, Walls stumbled upon coping with of her impractical “free-spirited” mother and her intellectual but alcoholic father, which became her asylum from the real world, spinning her uncontrollably. Walls uses pathos, imagery, and narrative coherence to illustrate that sometimes one needs to go through the hardships of life in order to find the determination to become a better individual.