Ruby Bridges 2016

Disney s ruby bridges is a great movie and i show it every year when teaching about the civil rights movement to third graders.
Ruby bridges 2016. She later became a civil rights activist. As a young 6 year old girl growing up in the south during the days of the civil rights movement ruby was selected by the courts and ordered to attend the all white school of franz elementary school. She is the subject of a 1964 painting the problem we all live with by norman rockwell. It requires preparation prior to showing so i read biographies about martin luther king jr rosa parks and ruby bridges first so that students understand what was happening at the time and then show the movie.
Ruby nell bridges hall born september 8 1954 is an american civil rights activist. The story of ruby bridges is a lovingly illustrated true story of ruby bridges. Ruby bridges was the first african american child to integrate an all white public elementary school in the south. It requires preparation prior to showing so i read biographies about martin luther king jr rosa parks and ruby bridges first so that students understand what was happening at the time and then show the movie.