Summary Of Through My Eyes By Ruby Bridges

The excerpt from the memoir Through My Eyes was written by Ruby Bridges. The author wrote this passage of her younger self going through school segregation and she became the first African American to go to an all-white school. Ruby Bridges and her family proved the statement, “Don't follow the path. Go where there is no path and begin the trail,” true by overcoming challenging obstacles, dangering their life to trailblaze, and being young while still dealing with mature events. Difficult problems were thrown at Ruby and her family's directions, but they continued to do what they believed was right, even if it wasn’t considered to be normal. In particular, “Apparently the test was difficult, and I’ve been told that it was set up so that kids

With this in mind, the idea that this test was already set up mattered because this was just one example of a difficulty she had to overcome. Ruby took a challenging test and still passed which helped further the process of integration in all-white schools. Overcoming difficult challenges motivated not just her family but all African-Americans to be a leader instead of a follower. On another note, the author writes, “They passed twenty-eight new anti-integration laws…He [Louisiana Governer] said he would go to jail before he would allow black children in white schools.” To put it briefly, almost everyone, not including African-Americans, was against integration. Because of this Ruby and the other students were held back from going to an all-white school. Not being able to go to an all-white school was a challenging difficulty Ruby and her family had to face because they wanted all of the racism and segregation to end. Even though protestors, governments, and even school districts tried to prevent colored people from integrating into schools, Ruby’s family continued to send her daughter to the school because they stood up for what they believed was

For instance, “People yelled and threw things…I remember seeing a black doll in a coffin, which frightened me more than anything else.” This section showed readers that angry people were protesting against school integration by throwing, yelling, and even signs of hate towards Ruby specifically. The actions of the protestors endangered the life of not just Ruby but her family, neighbors, and all of the African-Americans. Knowing this, they still continued to send Ruby to an all-white school so that they could see integration everywhere in the future. This point ultimately shows that being the first to do something, which in this case would be her going to an all-white school, is significant to see a change in our future even if it is dangerous. What Ruby and her family stood up for was not considered to be normal meaning that it would be severely dangerous. In addition, Ruby also states, “She hinted there could be something unusual about it, but she didn‘t explain. ‘There might be a lot of people outside the school,’ she said.” In other words, on Ruby’s first day of school, there will be a lot of people protesting against her directly because of her skin