Ruby Bridges DBA

Ruby Bridges was the first black child to ________.

• integrate an all-white elementary school by herself

• visit the Supreme Court

• sit with white children on a bus

• skip first grade

What is it called when students of all colors can go to school together?

• segregation

• integration

• separation

• testing

What did Ruby have to do before she was allowed to attend William Frantz Elementary School?

• write an essay

• do a book report

• meet all the kids in her class

• take a hard test

What did the US president do to keep Ruby safe on her first day of school?

• He came to New Orleans.

• He ordered the mob of white people to stay home.

• He sent guards to walk with her.

• He shut down William Frantz Elementary School.

True or False: When Ruby got to second grade, her class had both white and black students.

• True

• False