Ruby Bridges

What is one reason why Ruby Bridges is a role model?

• She won the Supreme Court case that ended segregation in schools.

• She bravely stood up for equal rights when she integrated a school.

• She worked with Eleanor Roosevelt to end segregation.

• She became the first African-American U.S. Marshal.

Ruby Bridges was the first African American to do what?

• To protest Blacks not allowed on buses

• To meet Dr. Martin Luther King

• To take a difficult test to get into a school.

• To go to an all-white elementary school

What is segregation?

• Is when one group thinking they are better than another.

• Is when you are not allowed to do something.

• Is the separation of people based on their race, culture, religion, or other reason.

• Is when you protest about not being allowed to do something.

What is a problem that some schools that African American schools have?

• Students have lots of books and writing paper.

• Students don't have books or writing paper.

• Students have to learn outside,

• Students were allowed to go to school near their homes

Which Court ruled to end segregation in schools?

• Court of the Country

• People Court

• Court of Appeals

• Supreme Court