In the 1960's blacks and whites could not attend the same schools. The only black student who entered an all- white school in that time period was Ruby Bridges.
The city of New Orleans had to integrate public schools because it was an order. Ruby Bridges took a test with a group of other black students, to see who would be the first to integrate into an all- white school in September.
In the summer, Ruby's family found out she's out of the 5 people who passed the test, But, when everyone in New Orleans found out that Ruby Bridges is integrating into an all- white school, everything went downhill. Her father got fired from his job, the family couldn't go into a grocery store owned by white owners, and Ruby's grandparents were asked to leave the land they had share cropped for 25 years. Which I think is wrong and messed up.
I think that Ruby Bridges is a brave confident young kid. I think that even though Racism was a big, big problem in the past - it still is a problem right now ; but no one is doing anything to change it. I noticed that people are not opening their eyes wide enough to see the issues and all of the racism going on in our country.
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