I hope that you had a fun St Patrick’s Day celebration in your classroom!
Two months from St. Patrick’s Day, May 17th, is an important date of a very different kind. On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court unanimously voted that segregated schools were unconstitutional in the landmark case Brown vs. Board of Education. That same year, Ruby Bridges was born in Mississippi. In 1960, because of Brown vs. Board of Education schools in the city of New Orleans were beginning to integrate. Ruby Bridges was one of six black kindergarten students in New Orleans to pass a test to see who would go to what had been all-white school. Bridges was the only black student assigned to go to William Frantz Elementary School.
The court-ordered first day of integrated schools in New Orleans, November 14, 1960, is commemorated by the iconic 1964 painting The Problem We All Live With by Norman Rockwell.
You and your class can learn more about this brave girl and her inspirational story in my reader “Actions of a Brave Six-Year Old, Ruby Bridges" This is a third-grade Level P reader, an accompanying set of worksheets reviews the targeted literary skills. Her story can be added to your classroom as part of Women's History Month, studying Civil Rights, American History, or as part of any Social Studies or Reading lesson.
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