Even though there was a large crowd of people outside of the school. They were throwing things and shouting. As soon as Bridges got into the school, white parents went in and brought their own children out; all but one of the white teachers also refused to teach while a black child was enrolled. In 1960, when she was 6 years old, her parents responded to a call from the NAACP and volunteered her to participate in the integration of the New Orleans School system. Because Ruby Bridges played an important part in the Civil Rights Movement.
REVISED THESIS STATEMENT:Ruby Bridges was a very brave child!she made history when she stepped foot in front of william frantz elementary school of all whites. In front of the school there was a large crowd of people outside the school. They were throwing and shouting things at her.As soon as bridges got into the school,white parents went in and brought their children out;all but one white teacher didn't refuse to teach ruby because she was black.In 1960, when she was 6 years old,her parents responded to a call from the NAACP and voluntered her to participate in the integration of the New Orleans School System.Also she played a important role in the Civil Rights Movement.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
THIRD ANNOTATION
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), "My History." African American World History. 1995 - 2008. 20 Oct 2008.
This website tells me a lot of things about Ruby Bridges like when she first attended an all-black school at Johnson Lockett Elementary School. Her segregated school was fairly far away from her house, but she had lots of company for the long walk. All the kids on her block went to Johnson Lockett. Also federal courts in New Orleans are about to force two white schools to admit black schools. The plan was to integrate only the first grade for that year. Then, every year after that, the incoming first grade would also be integrated. In the spring of her year at Johnson Lockett School the city school board began testing black kindergartens and they wanted to find out which children should be sent to the white schools. She took the test. She was only five, and I'm sure she didn't have any idea why she was taking it. I know she probably still remember getting dressed up and riding uptown on the bus with her mother, and sitting in an enormous room in the school board building along with about a hundred other black kids, all waiting to be tested. The test was very hard and the purpose for that was so it would be hard passing it because the school boars figured if all the black children failed that schools could be segregated a while longer. Later, Several people from the NAACP came to her house in the summer. They told her parents that she was one of just a few black children to pass the school board test, and that she had been chosen to attend one of the white schools, William Frantz Public School. They said it was a better school and closer to her home than the one she had been attending. They also pressured her parents by saying it would help her brothers, sisters, and other black children in the future by going to William Frantz Public School that was also closer to her home.
This website was helpful to my research because it gave quotes on how the children felt about her. It also helped me to understand how she felt because the other children were unable to play with her. This website was a secondary source. The audience is everyone.
This website tells me a lot of things about Ruby Bridges like when she first attended an all-black school at Johnson Lockett Elementary School. Her segregated school was fairly far away from her house, but she had lots of company for the long walk. All the kids on her block went to Johnson Lockett. Also federal courts in New Orleans are about to force two white schools to admit black schools. The plan was to integrate only the first grade for that year. Then, every year after that, the incoming first grade would also be integrated. In the spring of her year at Johnson Lockett School the city school board began testing black kindergartens and they wanted to find out which children should be sent to the white schools. She took the test. She was only five, and I'm sure she didn't have any idea why she was taking it. I know she probably still remember getting dressed up and riding uptown on the bus with her mother, and sitting in an enormous room in the school board building along with about a hundred other black kids, all waiting to be tested. The test was very hard and the purpose for that was so it would be hard passing it because the school boars figured if all the black children failed that schools could be segregated a while longer. Later, Several people from the NAACP came to her house in the summer. They told her parents that she was one of just a few black children to pass the school board test, and that she had been chosen to attend one of the white schools, William Frantz Public School. They said it was a better school and closer to her home than the one she had been attending. They also pressured her parents by saying it would help her brothers, sisters, and other black children in the future by going to William Frantz Public School that was also closer to her home.
This website was helpful to my research because it gave quotes on how the children felt about her. It also helped me to understand how she felt because the other children were unable to play with her. This website was a secondary source. The audience is everyone.
SECOND ANNOTATION
Bridges, Ruby. Through My Eyes. Scholastic, 1999.
Ruby Bridges was born in Mississippi in 1954. At the age of six, she was among the first black child to go to a previously all-white school in New Orleans. She attended William Frantz Public School and was accompanied by her mother and armed U.S Federal Marshals. The Marshals were necessary because angry mobs formed outside Ruby's school, shouting protests like "Two, four, six, eight. We don't want to integrate!" Many white people were outraged at the school's integration, and most white families pulled their children out of the school. Even the State legislature called for white families to boycott mixed schools. For a year, Ruby was separated from the other children and was the only child in her class. With the help of a loving teacher, Ruby made it through a difficult year and paved the way for many African American children who followed in her footsteps in integrated schools. Today, Ruby Bridges still fights for equal education for all children through her lectures and the Ruby Bridges Foundation.
The book Through My Eyes was helpful to my research because it gave me the biography of Ruby Bridges. The book is a primary source. I know this because primary sources are original documents or evidence from a given historical period take many forms; photographs, drawings, letters, diaries, documents, books, and films. I think that the intended audience is everyone.This is a primary source because ruby bridges wrote this book herself.
Ruby Bridges was born in Mississippi in 1954. At the age of six, she was among the first black child to go to a previously all-white school in New Orleans. She attended William Frantz Public School and was accompanied by her mother and armed U.S Federal Marshals. The Marshals were necessary because angry mobs formed outside Ruby's school, shouting protests like "Two, four, six, eight. We don't want to integrate!" Many white people were outraged at the school's integration, and most white families pulled their children out of the school. Even the State legislature called for white families to boycott mixed schools. For a year, Ruby was separated from the other children and was the only child in her class. With the help of a loving teacher, Ruby made it through a difficult year and paved the way for many African American children who followed in her footsteps in integrated schools. Today, Ruby Bridges still fights for equal education for all children through her lectures and the Ruby Bridges Foundation.
The book Through My Eyes was helpful to my research because it gave me the biography of Ruby Bridges. The book is a primary source. I know this because primary sources are original documents or evidence from a given historical period take many forms; photographs, drawings, letters, diaries, documents, books, and films. I think that the intended audience is everyone.This is a primary source because ruby bridges wrote this book herself.
Friday, October 17, 2008
FIRST ANNOTATION
1.Toonari. "Ruby Bridges." Africanaonline. 17 Oct 2008
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This article is about ruby bridge being the first black child to enter an all-white school in the history of the American South. It was in 1960 that a federal court ordered the desegregation of schools in the south, and although Ruby Bridges' father thought she could get a perfectly good education at an all-black elementary school, Ruby Bridges' mother insisted that her daughter pave the way for other black children in the newly-integrated school system. Charles Burks, one of the U.S. Marshals who escorted Ruby Bridges and her mother into the school building, remembers the little girl who became a hero. "She showed a lot of courage. She never cried. She didn't whimper. She just marched along like a little soldier. And we're all very proud of her." The first year, all the parents of Frantz Elementary pulled their children out of school to protest the integration. Also Ruby Bridges spent her first year in a class of one. The teacher, a woman from Boston, was one of the few white instructors who was willing to teach a black child. She and Ruby Bridges showed up for school every single day that year, and they held class as if there were no angry mob outside, no conflict over a little girl attending first grade.
This article was helpful to my research because it help me get a better idea of who ruby bridges and summarizes up what she impact she had on history.
It was a secondary source because it was wrote from someone else that wasn't there at the time of the event.
The intended audience is everyone.
The background of the author is Toonari,who writes perspectives on African Americans in history.
This article is about ruby bridge being the first black child to enter an all-white school in the history of the American South. It was in 1960 that a federal court ordered the desegregation of schools in the south, and although Ruby Bridges' father thought she could get a perfectly good education at an all-black elementary school, Ruby Bridges' mother insisted that her daughter pave the way for other black children in the newly-integrated school system. Charles Burks, one of the U.S. Marshals who escorted Ruby Bridges and her mother into the school building, remembers the little girl who became a hero. "She showed a lot of courage. She never cried. She didn't whimper. She just marched along like a little soldier. And we're all very proud of her." The first year, all the parents of Frantz Elementary pulled their children out of school to protest the integration. Also Ruby Bridges spent her first year in a class of one. The teacher, a woman from Boston, was one of the few white instructors who was willing to teach a black child. She and Ruby Bridges showed up for school every single day that year, and they held class as if there were no angry mob outside, no conflict over a little girl attending first grade.
This article was helpful to my research because it help me get a better idea of who ruby bridges and summarizes up what she impact she had on history.
It was a secondary source because it was wrote from someone else that wasn't there at the time of the event.
The intended audience is everyone.
The background of the author is Toonari,who writes perspectives on African Americans in history.
TOPIC SELECTION
I chose Ruby Bridges for my NHD Project because she was the first black child to enter an all-white school in history of the american south.
Ruby bridges is important to history because without her effort in black children would have to go schools with people just of the nationality or not even learn at all and she was very brave because people throw stuff at her and she was the only one in school being taught because white people pulled their children out of school and their was only one teacher who was willing to teach her and she was from boston.
Ruby bridges is important to history because without her effort in black children would have to go schools with people just of the nationality or not even learn at all and she was very brave because people throw stuff at her and she was the only one in school being taught because white people pulled their children out of school and their was only one teacher who was willing to teach her and she was from boston.
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