🌟 Celebrating Women's History Month with Ruby Bridges' empowering legacy! 🌟 "Don't follow the path. Go where there is no path and start a trail." Ruby Bridges 🏫🎒 In honor of Women's History Month, we're inspired by Ruby Bridges' courageous journey as an American civil rights activist. Her unwavering determination to break barriers and fight for equality resonates deeply with us. In 2017, the American Black Beauty Doll Association selected to create a porcelain replica of Ruby Bridges, comm...
Disney Film Ruby Bridges Pulled From Florida School Following a Parent Complaint
Florida parent Emily Conklin filed a formal complaint on March 6th against the Disney film Ruby Bridges. The movie, which is centered on the first African-American child to be enrolled in previously segregated William Frantz Elementary School, was contested on the basis that it taught children anti-Black slurs and anti-Black racism because it featured scenes of Ruby Bridges being threatened with lethal violence.
MORE THAN: Ruby Bridges: More Than a Walk to School
Ruby's story was more than a walk to school. This resource will help you introduce Ruby Bridges to your students in a meaningful way that goes beyond surface-level information. Dig deep into his legacy with our eBook, discussion cards, reading passages, writing prompts, vocabulary cards, and discussion/debate questions.We now offer CCSS aligned nonfiction assessment/practice sheets for students to work on these critical skills with this critical content.We truly hope your students walk away with
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