Ruby Bridges
by Eden Short
Introduction
Hi I am doing a biography about Ruby Bridges . She was one of the six black people to go to a white school and went to church and even prayed for the whites
Birth And Famliy
Ruby was born september 8th 1954 she had three brothers and one sister her parents names are Lucille and Abon Bridges. At age two Ruby and her family moved from Tyler town ,Mississippi were her family had been share croppers her full name is Ruby Nell Bridges.
Childhood And Education
In New Orleans Ruby went to a segregated kindergarten. When Ruby was in kindergarten she was one of many African American students in the New Orleans to take a test deciding whether or not she could go to a white school and she past it. After the first grade the angry mobs disappeared and she didn't half to walk with marshals and the classroom was filled of all kinds of children.
College and career
She completed Graduation from Kanas city business school in travel tourism. In 1993 when her brother Milton was killed she adopted his four daughters .She started volunteering at William Franz for three times a week.
Accomplishments and Leadership
January 8 , 2001 the us president Bill Clinton honored her and strength in 2007 an display explaining the lives of Ruby bridges, Ann Frank and Ryan White. On May 2012 Tualne University and the New Orleans upon her an Honorary Degree at the annual graduation .
Why I Feel She's A Leader
If Ruby decide to not to go to that school it would probably just still be white people and no one like Ruby Bridges or any of her kind and today bff's of her kind .Ruby Bridges inspires lots of black and whites today!