Talk:Ruby Bridges

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On May 14, 2010, the school she desegrated was renamed in her honor. It is now "Ruby Bridges Elementary."

The news release from the office of the mayor of New Orleans can be seen at: http://www.cityofno.com/pg-1-66-press-releases.aspx?pressid=5801

Exhibit

just this week end(oct.28-29)i was at the indianapolis childrens museum to see the norman rockwell exhibit. the star of the show was his original painting of "the problem we all live with". i recommend this exhibit to anyone in the indianapolis area through jan 16 2005. i think it then goes to san francisco for its only other u.s. stop. rockwell's painting inspired me to look for more info on ruby bridges. thanks for having what i needed. 12.160.149.10 14:51, 31 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

wikify tag

I've removed the wikify tag from this article, as I can't tell what further wikifications need to be done. - squibix 15:16, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sources

Hi. I was going to add an explanatory edit summary, but accidentally pressed 'enter' a few letters in. I've added an 'unreferenced' template to this page, because we have no references. We do have an external link that includes Ruby Bridges talking about what happened, but it is vague on a lot of points, not backing up a lot of this article. I assume that people who have added to this article have access to sources, as I imagine that is where they got their info from. So, can people please add what sources they know of to this article, preferably inline (in the text) so we can see which bits are in each source. That way, when people start editing ages and dates, we can look at the sources and see what is considered to be accurate. Thanks to all who provide a reference :-) Skittle 20:29, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Accuracy of firsts

I have asked for a citation for the statment that Bridges was "the first African American child to attend a white school in Louisiana". Certainly important in desegregating public schools, but was there not a single instance of African Americans who went to previously all white schools during the Reconstruction era? Also, for the post Brown v Board era, I was under the impression that some Catholic and progressive private schools started desegregating before the public schools. -- Infrogmation 15:51, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Removed non-fair-use image

I've removed the image of Rockwell's "The Problem We All Live With". Absent critical commentary of Ruby Bridges' depiction in the painting, it is unlikely use of the painting in this article is covered under fair use. Sagsaw (talk) 04:06, 25 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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BetacommandBot (talk) 02:25, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed JGHowes ^talk - 18:36, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

today on 2 22 10 ruby bridges goes to schools to tell children about there back grounds and about there race. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.84.154.244 (talk) 04:55, 23 February 2010 (UTC) omg like totally choke me with a spoon! :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.223.6.188 (talk) 01:31, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]