Ruby Bridges and Autherine Lucy
By: Sydney Ryan, Trinity Garza, and Emily Klatt
Ruby Bridges
She was born September 8, 1954, Tylertown, Mississippi, U.S.
American activist who became a symbol of the civil rights movement, and who was at age six the youngest of a group of African American students to integrate schools in the American South."Ruby Bridges." Britannica School. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2015. Web. 8 Oct. 2015. <http://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/487594>.
Ruby Bridges
Bridges, Ruby. Photograph. Encyclopædia Britannica. Web. 8 Oct. 2015. <http://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/487594/media?assemblyId=179084>.
Autherine Lucy
A First Step. HORIZONTAL. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 8 Oct 2015.
http://quest.eb.com/search/115_862352/1/115_862352/citeAutherine Lucy
In 1952, before Brown was the law of the land, a young black woman named Autherine Lucy was accepted to the University of Alabama.