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Ruby was harassed and insulted by white people for integrating at a white school. Ruby integrated schools at age 6 on November 14, 1960.

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Ruby was strong and she dealt with the hate she was given. She did this for a whole school year and slowly, near the end of the school year, people stopped harassing and being rude to her.

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Ruby’s parents were Abon and Lucielle Bridges. Ruby grew up in poverty. On different sites I found different things on her siblings such as; she was 1 of 8 kids, 1 of 5 kids, 1 of 4 kids. She lived in Tylertown, Mississippi until she was 4 then moved to New Orleans.

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Ruby graduated from an integrated highschool in New Orleans.

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Ruby studied at Kansas City business school, she worked as a world trade agent for American express.  She was one of the first African-Americans to work for American express. Ruby married at Malcolm Hall in 1984. She also had four boys.

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Ruby was treated with hatred by the color of her skin. People would scream insults at her, others would even threaten her life. Some white parents took their kids out of the school because she enrolled.

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There were some people who helped Ruby with her situation. One of those people were Barbara Henry, white teacher from Boston, was Ruby’s teacher for the entire first year of school. Barbara offered to come and teach Ruby and Ruby learned in a vacant classroom with just Barbara for an entire first year of school.

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Another person who helped Ruby was Robert Coles, also known as Dr. Coles. He saw Ruby one day while he was stuck in traffic by mob of people who would surround the entrance to the school to harass Ruby. He then asked Ruby’s parents to counsel her for free. He would have sessions with her and make her transform her feelings about her experiences into words or pictures.

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Later in her life her brother was murdered. Her brother, Malcolm Bridges, was killed in a drug - related incident in 1993. She was in her 40’s when this happened, she also took in his 4 daughters even though she already had 4 boys.

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Many things were inspired by Ruby. One was/is very important and known to many. It is a painting by Norman Rockwell which is called “ The Problem We All Live With. “. It is a painting recreating Ruby Bridges’ first day of integrating schools. In 2011, the museum loaned the painting to be displayed in the West Wing of the White House for 4 months dues to a request from Barack Obama.

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There are also other things inspired by Ruby. Another example is that Disney made a movie over Ruby Bridges life when going through the experiences of integrating schools. The movie, “ Ruby Bridges “, came out in 1998.

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Ruby also wrote a book titled “ Through My Eyes “, it is a book about her experiences while integrating schools and how she felt about it. The book was published in 1999. Ruby also founded the Ruby Bridges Foundation in 1999.

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Ruby wasn’t the only one who was effected by the integration. Ruby’s parents were also being treated unfairly. Ruby’s dad, Abon Bridges, was fired from his job. Ruby’s grandparents were also effected, they were sent off land that they sharecropped for 25 years. Some grocery stores including the one the family went often to shop there banned them from entering.

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On some sites where I got my resources I found that about 4 were chosen but didn’t go or that 3 other 1st graders, all girls, went to integrate at a different school named McDonough 19. The kids, like many other African Americans were to take a test to decide if they should be chosen to integrate. It is said that the test was made to be very difficult, hoping no one would pass it.