Who Is Ruby Bridges?
Ruby Bridges was the first African American child to integrate an all-white public elementary school in the South. She later became a civil rights activist.
Bridges was six when she became the first African American child to integrate a white Southern elementary school. On November 14, 1960, she was escorted to class by her mother and U.S. marshals due to violent mobs. Bridges brave act was a milestone in the civil rights movement, and she s shared her story with future generations in educational forums.
Education and Facts
The fact that Bridges was born the same year that the Supreme Court handed down its Brown v. Board of Education decision desegregating schools is a notable coincidence in her early journey into civil rights activism.
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In past years I have expressed disagreement with the notion of having a separate yearly category labeled as Black History Month based upon the following: Â It is an insult to American accomplishment and it insinuates an unequal categorization to other American classifications such as white European, Asian, Jewish, Hispanic, women in general, etc.Â
The separation also alleviates any urgency for society to promote/remember black contributions throughout the calendar year if there is a single appropriated month. After all, black American history IS American history. If one large book were all that could be published on American History, noted accomplishments by those in the black community have to be included for a complete record. We shouldnât forget that.