Story of ruby bridges by robert coles

Ruby Bridges is an extraordinary girl who did extraordinary things. She went through lots of obstacles just to get this far and I think she made a difference in the world.

Ruby Bridges was born September 8, 1954 in Tylertown, Mississippi. Ruby's mother Lucille wanted Ruby to have and better education but Ruby's father Avon thought if Ruby went to school it would affect the family.

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Ruby Bridges was the first African American to go to an integrated school. When Ruby was very young, people would separate the black children from the white children. People thought whites were better then blacks just because the colour of their skin. The Judge ordered Ruby to go Frantze Elementary School, which was a school where white children went.

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She had Federal Marshals leading her in the school, out of the school and to the washroom. I could see when times would get hard for Ruby.

When Ruby was young, white people didn't want black people to be treated as equals. Rub The Story Of Ruby Bridges - By Robert Coles - Target REPAS