Ruby Bridges

Ruby Bridges was born in

• 1950

• 1915

• 1954

• 1955

She was born in

• New Orleans

• Mississippi

• North Carolina

• South Carolina

They moved to New Orleans when she was

• 4

• 14

• 9

• 10

The word segregated means

• separated by gender

• separated by age

• separated by nationality

• separated by race

In 1960 she was the first African American to

• stop school

• go to the school closest to her home

• go to a white school in the South

• yell at people

Ruby went to this school because

• she passed a test

• her mother wanted her to

• her father wanted her to

• her teacher wanted her to

For months Ruby was the only child in her school

• because parents didn't want their children in her class

• because the school was closed

• because her parents didn't want other children

• because she was a very good student

Bridget's teacher, Barbara Henry

• was racist

• yelled at her

• didn't want her in the school

• was very supportive

When she grew up, Ruby

• never talked about these years

• didn't want to go to this school again

• became a teacher in this school

• left Mississippi

In 1999, Ruby formed a group

• to give awards to black people

• to give food to poor children

• to give money to poor children

• to end racism through learning