Tenth Annotation

Curtis, Christopher Paul. The Watson’s Go to Birmingham-1963. New York: Delacorte Press, 1995.28 Nov 2008

This book follows an African American family from Flint, Michigan to Birmingham, Alabama where their lives intertwine with the 1963 bombing of a church in which four young African American girls were killed. Humorous and sensitive with a somewhat mystical ending.

This is a secondary source.I will use this book in my project to summarize familiar situations as ruby bridges.

Second Revision of thesis and Introduction

Second Thesis Statement:

Nothing can be more moving than watching a small black child climbing the steps to her elementary school that historically and legally did not welcome her presence. It is my contention that Ruby Bridges help to break the barer of segregation by becoming the first black child in an all white school and she served as a inspiration because now schools are integrated.

Introduction:

In 1960, Ruby Bridges parents responded to a call from the NAACP and volunteered her to participate in the integration of the New Orleans School System. Even though there was a large crowd of people surround the outside of the school, throwing and shouting things Ruby Bridges managed to go into the school. As soon as Ruby entered the school white parents were walking in and taking there children out.

Ninth Annotation

James H. Meredith, et al. v. Charles Dickson Fair, President of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning 1961 Case No. 3130. 26 Nov 2008.

I got this information from the Nation Archives "A class action suit on behalf of James Meredith and all other Negro students similarly situated to enjoin the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning from limiting admission to the University of Mississippi to white persons. This case resulted in the admission of the first African-American student, James Meredith, to the University of Mississippi.

This is a secondary source.I will use this information on how james meridth was reject ed from college because of the color of his skin,just how ruby bridges was rejected.

Eighth Annotation

Daisy Bates. The Long Shadow of Little Rock. New York: McKay, 1966. pp. 69-76.26 Nov 2008.

This excerpt is basically talking about the little rock nine,which is when the governor of little rock nine called the national Arkansas to prevent nine African American students from entering the building.Ten days later president Eisenhower agreed for the national guard s t protect the African American students and dismissed the troops leaving the students with the angry mob,who were being very disrespectful and ignorant.

This is a secondary source.I will use it in my project to describe similar occasions.

Seventh Annotation

"Civil Rights Movement in the United States," Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2008
http://encarta.msn.com © 1997-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

This articles is about the civil rights movement.which a political and legal struggle that African Americans had to go through to gain full citzenship rights and to achieve racial equality.it was a challenge to segregation.Ruby Bridges contributed to the civil rights movement because she integrated schools by attended a all white school.

This article is secondary.I will use it in my project just to get a little more information on this particular situation.

Sixth Annotation

McCluggage, Bruce. "A PRAYER FOR WHITE FOLKS." everystudent. 20 Nov 2008 .

This article is basically about when ruby bridges was going home and the rowdy crowd was following her 2 blocks everyday from school when she was going home,and when she get two blocks away from school she would say this certain prayer.Ruby bridges quoted:

"Please God, try to forgive these people.
Because even if they say those bad things,
They don't know what they're doing.
So You could forgive them,
Just like You did those folks a long time ago
When they said terrible things about You."

This is primary source.I will use this to say exact quootes on what she would say to herself on the way home from school when people would throw things at her.

FIFTH ANNOTATION

Civil Rights Leaders, "Resistance to the Movement." Ruby Bridges. 28 Oct 2008 .

Ruby Bridges played an important part in the Civil Rights Movement. Ruby was born September 8, 1954 in Tylertown, Mississippi. A year later, her family moved to New Orleans, Louisiana. At that time, people wanted to keep blacks and whites separate because whites didn’t think that blacks were as good as them. For example, blacks and whites had separate drinking fountains, blacks had to sit in the back of buses, and blacks and whites each had their own separate schools.

This website was helpful to my research because it explained how Ruby Bridges was important to history. It also gave a time line of her important events. This was a secondary source.

FOURTH ANNOTATION

McCluggage, Bruce . "Exploring Questions About God & Life." A Prayer for White Folks. Tuesday November 4 2008. 4 Nov 2008 .

One morning Mrs. Henry noticed Ruby walking toward the school as usual but then she stopped, turned toward the angry, howling crowd and seemed to even be trying to speak to them. The crowd seemed ready to pounce on her while the marshals tried in vain to keep Ruby moving. Finally, she stopped talking and walked into the school.

Mrs. Henry immediately asked Ruby what happened; why did she try and talk to such a belligerent crowd. Ruby irritatingly responded that she didn't stop to talk with them.

This website gave me a quote from Ruby Bridges. The quote was about how she would stop and pray for the angry crowd of people outside of her school every morning. This is a secondary source.