Who is Ruby Bridges?
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William Frantz Elementary School
Ruby's father didn't want her to start at William Frantz because he was worried she wouldn't be safe there. Her mother, on the other hand wanted Ruby to have a chance at opportunities she wouldn't get at the school she went to before.
When Ruby arrived at the school for the first time by police escort, there was a crowd of people waiting to yell rude and racial slurs at her and her mother. She said that she wasn't even scared until she saw a woman holding a black toy doll in a coffin. When she started first grade at William Frantz, the parents of all the white children didn't want their kids to be in the same class as Ruby, so she was the only girl in her own class. She was taught by Barbara Henry. |