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RUBY BRIDGES

NORMAN ROCKWELL

• He made the painting.
• "The problem we all must live with"
• Ruby inspired Norman to create the painting.
• This painting was on the cover of "Look" magazine.

INTEGRATION

• Ruby bridges was a 6 year old child and the first child to integrate.
• Ruby was born the same year that the supreme courts Brown vs Board
• Of education decided to desegregate the schools.

CIVIL RIGHTS

• Her bravery caused the government to continue with the civil rights actions.

FAMILY

• Due to Ruby's integration, her father lost his job, her grandparents had to
• move off the land that they had sharecropped for 25 years.
• The grocery store banned them from entering.

AFTERWARDS

• Families of both races sent their children back to school.
• A neighbor provided Ruby's father with a job.
• Their community began to protect Ruby and her family.
• Robert Coles published a book called "The Story of Ruby Bridges"

QUOTE

• "My message is really that racism has no place in the hearts and minds of children."

WORKS CITED

• http://www.biography.com/people/ruby-bridges-47525?page=3