2-3 Vocabulary for "Ruby Bridges"

They tried to hurry her into the school, but Ruby wouldn’t budge.

She seemed as normal and relaxed as any child I’ve ever taught.

With its focus on education ,community, and the future of our nation’s children, the Foundation is especially dedicated to revitalizing the William Frantz School, which is located in the heart of the Ninth Ward in New Orleans.

Ruby is once again stepping to the forefront and embracing an opportunity to make history by contributing to the challenge that our nation is facing in the recovery efforts following Hurricane Katrina.

She didn’t seem nervous or anxious or irritable or scared.

The President of the United States ordered federal marshals to walk with Ruby into the school building.

They tried to persuade Ruby to move along.

Their parents were tired of seeing the boys get into mischief around the house when they could have been in school and learning.

Mrs. Henry would question Ruby in order to find out if the girl was really nervous and afraid even though she seemed so calm and confident.

The marshals kept them from Ruby by threatening to arrest them.

Ruby is once again stepping to the forefront and embracing an opportunity to make history by contributing to the challenge that our nation is facing in the recovery efforts following Hurricane Katrina.

Now a successful businesswoman, she has created the Ruby Bridges Educational Foundation.

She walked to the Frantz School surrounded by marshals.

At that time black children and white children went to separate schools in New Orleans.

As Ruby approached the school, she saw a crowd of people marching up and down the street.

By the time Ruby was in the second grade, the mobs had given up their struggle to scare Ruby and defeat the federal judge’s order that New Orleans schools be desegregated so that children of all races might be in the same classroom.

She didn’t seem nervous or anxious or irritable or scared.

Ruby is once again stepping to the forefront and embracing an opportunity to make history by contributing to the challenge that our nation is facing in the recovery efforts following Hurricane Katrina.

Every day for weeks that turned into months, Ruby experienced that kind of school day.

With its focus on education ,community, and the future of our nation’s children, the Foundation is especially dedicated to revitalizing the William Frantz School, which is located in the heart of the Ninth Ward in New Orleans.