Essays on Ruby Bridges

September 8, 1954 (age 67)

Ruby Bridges is an American civil rights activist. She was the first African-American child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis on November 14, 1960.

Ruby's bravery helped pave the way for Civil Rights action in the American South. She helped reform education to where it is now. No more white schools or African-American schools, just one school of all the future generations together as one. Later in life Ruby Bridges created a foundation called the Ruby Bridges Foundation.

"History definitely should be taught the way it happened — good, bad or ugly."
"When you start a new trail equipped with courage, strength, and conviction, the only thing that can stop you is you!"
"Racism is a form of hate. We pass it on to our young people. When we do that, we are robbing children of their innocence."
"Racism is a grown-up disease and we must stop using our children to spread it."