Ruby Bridges


Every Sunday, the family went to . 'We wanted to be near God's spirit' Ruby's mother said. 'we wanted to start feeling close to him from the very start'.

, black children and white children went to schools in New Orleans. The black children were to receive as the white children, it wasn't , and it was the nation's .

On Ruby's first day, a large of white people outside the Franz elementary school. The people carried that said they black children in a white school. People called Ruby . Some wanted to her. The city and did not help Ruby. The President of the Federal to walk with Ruby to the school building. The mashalls .