Reading Comprehension - Biography: Ruby Bridges

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Ivan Mon, Feb 28, 2022 12:40 PM UTC

Retelling the life of 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.

1.
Madison E. and Kalina B.
4 grade
Mrs. Hart

2. Early Life
© Ruby (Nell) Bridges was born on
September 8th, 1954 in Tylerton,
© In 1957 the family moved to New
~ She was the first born out of her siblings.
She had two younger brothers and one
younger sister.

3. © Ruby Bridges went to William Frantz
Elementary School for first grade.
© Ruby went to a white school; her
teacher was also white.
© Ruby went to a white school because
she was chosen by a judge. In her state,
blacks and whites went to different

4. Why She is Famous
© Ruby is famous because she was the first
black child to go to an all-white school.
© So no one would hurt her, she had to
walk into school with U.S. government
marshals surrounding her with guns
~ Ruby stopped and prayed in the middle
of a mob that was ready to kill her!

5. © Her brother died when she was very
© That year, Ruby had to walk into school
everyday with marshals around her so no
one would hurt her.
© Ruby was the only black girl that went to
William Frantz Elementary.

6. Interesting Facts
© Ruby’s dad lost his job picking crops so
they had to move to New Orleans.
© Later, in Ruby's first year of Frantz
Elementary School, two white boys
Joined her class

7. Bridges, Ruby N. Through My Eyes.
New York City, N.Y.: Scholastic, 1999.
Ruby Bridges." Biography.com. Web.
12 Mar. 2013.

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