How Did Ruby Bridges Change America?

Martin Luther King Jr. once said,” we all may have come on different ships, but we're all in the same boat now”(King). Racism is wrong. Nobody should even think about tormenting someone about the color of their skin. The Civil Rights Movement was originally proposed by president John F. Kennedy. Just a few weeks before the election, Martin Luther King jr. was arrested while leading a protest in Atlanta, Georgia. Kennedy phoned Coretta Scott King to express his concern about King’s safe release. Across the nation, more than 70 percent of African Americans voted for Kennedy; those votes provided a win for Kennedy. In 1960, six-year-old Ruby Bridges changed America by walking up the steps of a white only school to gain an education. To survive this experience, Ruby had to rise above prejudice, face her fears, and find strength in her faith. Ruby Bridges was just six years old when in 1960 she was ordered to go to first grade in the William Franz Elementary School. On the morning of the first day of school, Ruby Bridges' mother told her: "Now I want you to behave yourself today, Ruby, and don't be afraid." She walked past crowds of people screaming vicious racial slurs at her. No black child had ever before stepped foot on the white ground. Ruby did
At just six years old, she changed our country forever.On the morning of the first day of school, Ruby and her mother were escorted by four federal marshals because the local and other federal officials were not willing to protect her. She walked past crowds of people screaming vicious and derogatory things at her. However, this did not frighten her, what did frighten her was a woman holding a black baby doll in a coffin. She showed a lot of courage. She was also scared of the person who threatened to poison Ruby, so she would only eat or drink things that were packaged and not opened. She never cried. She didn't whimper. She just marched along like a little