Ruby Bridges was born on September 8,1954 in Tylertown , Mississippi when Ruby was 4 years old her and parents Abon and Lucille Bridges, moved to
New Orleans for a better lifestyles in a big city. Her father had a job as a gas station
Attendant her mother had night jobs to support their growing family. Ruby soon had
Two younger brothers and a younger sister.
It just happened to be that Ruby was born the same year as Brown v. Board of Education. When she was is kindergarten she was one of the many African-American
Who were in New Orleans that were chosen to take a test to determine whether she can
Attend an all whites school. This test was written to be extremely hard to pass. So that Most students wouldn 't get in and so the all whites school can stay an all whites school for a little longer. Ruby had lived five blocks away from an all whites school but, she goes to a a segregated all blacks school that is miles away from home. Her father didn 't want her to take the test because he thought that if she passed and they allowed her to go to that school there would be trouble, but her mom had convinced her father to let her take the test.
Ruby’s parents were later informed
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A couple of years later one of the federal marshals Charles Burks said that Ruby ha showed a lot of pride, she never cried or whimpered , she just marched along like a little soldier. The abuse had got worst it stated to impact her family her dad had lost his job, and he grandparents were sent to another land. Even the grocery store banned them from going in. But besides that there was other people in the community both blacks and whites started to support each other. Many parent had start to send their children back to school, and one of Ruby’s neighborhoods had offered her father a job. For some reason Ruby bad started to stress she wouldn 't eat the food her mother packed for her and she would start to get nightmares and go to her mom in the middle of the