Ruby Bridges Essay

William Frantz Elementary 1960 when she was of 6 Ruby Bridges was the first black child to be in an all white school she had to walked around by 4 marshals everywhere 2 in front of her and two of them walking behind her when she arrived people were yelling and throwing things at her classes were not going to be held many parents of white children kept their kids at home on this day when she arrived at the school on the second day things were not much better for Ruby Bridges only one of the teachers agreed to teach her Barbara Henry all the other students went away from she was always helping ruby in not only schooling but also with the troubles of being the only black person one horrible woman that day even threatened to poison her it continued

Robert Coles her psychologist worried for her she came to him once a week school or home his wife came too they both cared about Ruby and the pressure she was going through he even wrote a book on her near the end of the year things began to get better for Ruby a few in her year returned to the school she wasn’t aware of the large ness of the racism until another child didn’t want to be her friend because of the colour of her skin in her second year everything changed her teachers contract was not redone so she had to return back home and the marshals where gone she walked alone there were other people in the classes no one talked about the year before Ruby Bridges schooling was finally done she studied tourism and became a travel agent 1984 Ruby married Malcolm Hall and became a full time parent to four sons 1993 her youngest brother Malcolm Bridges was killed she looked after his four kids she began to help at the school she then discovered her psychologist wrote a book about her later her first teacher contacted her and they reunited on the Oprah Winfrey Show In 2007 the Children's Museum of Indianapolis had a new exhibition showing the Bridges life and the lives of Anne Frank and Ryan