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Ruby Bridges by J. Bolton
Ruby Bridges was only six.
People tried to get her with sticks.
She went to school on her own,
The kids all left, she was alone.
She was brave and learned at school
With just one teacher who was cool.
People changed their minds one day.
Ruby showed us all the best way.
In spring of 1960, Bridges was one of six black children in New Orleans to pass the test that determined whether they could go to the all-white school, William Frantz Elementary. Two of the six decided to stay at their old school, Bridges went to a school by herself, and three children were transferred to McDonogh No. 19 and became known as the McDonogh Three. Bridges and her mother were escorted to school by four federal marshals during the first year Bridges attended William Frantz Elementary.
Ruby's father was initially reluctant, but her mother felt strongly that the move was needed not only to give her own daughter a better education, but to "take this step forward ... for all African-American children". Her mother finally convinced her father to let her go to the school.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Bridges
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