Ruby Bridges Thesis

In life most people conform to the status quo. They go to high school, wear normal things, get jobs, and have a family. They travel through life without making a huge impact. The cycle of conforming to the status quo continues until someone doesn't like the way they are being treated and they make a change by rebelling against the status quo. Ruby Bridges, even though she didn’t realize it at first, is an example of someone who rebelled against the status quo to get the rights she deserved. Ruby was chosen to be one of the first black children to go to a white school. Monday, November 14, 1960 was the first day of integrated schools in New Orleans (Bridges, Ruby). On her first day, as she walked up the steps to her new school, there were many white people who were not ready to accept
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