Hey guys! Welcome to my very first social studies blog! Today I'm gonna be talking about Ruby Bridges. Ruby Bridges made a very important name for herself in the civil rights movement. She was born on September 16, 1954 in Mississippi. A year later, her family moved to New Orleans. And, for some strange reason, people didn't want blacks and whites to go to school together, because the thought the whites were better than blacks.
Her dad didn't want her to go to a white school. He thought angry people would hurt Ruby, and overall he just wanted to avoid conflict. Her mom thought differently. She wanted Ruby to have a better education that she did when she was little. Thankfully, Ruby's mom had then 6-year old Ruby take a test to get into the all-white William Frantz School.
On Ruby's first day of school, she saw many angry white people. Many kids were being dragged out of their classrooms because their parents didn't want them going to the same school as Ruby. Ruby and her mom ended up staying in the office the whole day because of protesters outside. On the second day, Ruby's mom had to sit with her in her class that no one attended. On the third day, she finally went by herself, and she was only one in her class. Imagine being six and having no idea why other kids didn't want to around you... it'd be pretty hard.
A couple months later, Ruby started seeing a child psychiatrist. His name was Dr. Coles and he was interested in how Ruby was handling all this. He helped Ruby and his wife and Ruby's mom became great friends.
After many years, Ruby graduated and became a travel agent. A few years later, her brother was killed in an accident relating drugs. She began to realize that what she did in 1960 was very important. She started volunteering at William Frantz school and started The Ruby Bridges Foundation.
Ruby Bridges Now
Ruby Bridges started to become famous in 1995, at the age of 41. A book titled "The Story of Ruby Bridges", came out in 1995, and a Disney Channel movie based off the book came out in 1998. Ruby and Mrs. Henry were reunited on Oprah, and she even met up again with Dr. Coles.
I think Ruby made a very significant difference in the Civil Rights Movement, which brings me to out next topic... Our field trip!
Okay, so on Monday, we went on a field trip The Atlanta History Center to learn about The Civil War. When we got there, I thought it was going to be boring but it actually wasn't! We each got a clipboard with a profile of a soldier on it, and I got William Carney, a soldier who ended up dying in and elevator accident. But anyways, the first thing we had to was visit the "shop" we could either buy a cooking set, a suit of armor, or a canteen filter. I bought the canteen filter, yeah, BAD CHOICE. Apparently, it doesn't filter out anything. Wow -_-
I don't remember everything but we ended up learning about what could happen to soldiers if they didn't behave. I ended up living, and I was sane. Did you know most of the soldiers who lived went mentally insane? Lucky me, I guess.
Well, that's it guys! Hope you had a great time reading my first social studies blog! Bye!
Caroloke says hi and God Bless America!
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