Ruby Bridges
Ruby Bridges Hall Awards
On January 28, 2001, Bridges was a recipient of the Presidential Citizens Medal.
On October 27, 2006, the city of Alameda, California dedicated a new
elementary school to Ruby Bridges, and issued a proclamation in her honor.
In November 2006 Ruby Bridges was honored in the Anti-Defamation League's
Concert Against Hate.
In 2007 the Children's Museum of Indianapolis unveiled a new
exhibit documenting Bridges' life, along with the lives of Anne Frank and Ryan White.
Bridges is the subject of the Lori McKenna song "Ruby's Shoes:
Ruby's shoes would take her
A mile or so to school every day
Where the white people hated her
They'd scream and hold signs and tell her to go away
But Ruby's will was stronger
Than the bigots with the signs could ever know
She stopped every morning on the corner
And prayed that someday the pain would go
And she'd stop and she'd pray
That all the hatred would go away
She was only six years old but she knew
Walk a mile in Ruby's shoes
Ruby sat alone in the classroom
She never dreamed the other children wouldn't come
They hated her for the color of her skin
Well color is such an amazing illusion
She'd stop and she'd pray
That all the hatred would go away
She was only six years old but she knew
Walk a mile in Ruby's shoes
Now Ruby knew about Dorothy
And the ruby shoes that she wore
She wondered about Oz sometimes
Well, well no other child ever walked her shoes before
And she'd stop and she'd pray
That all the hatred would go away
She was only six years old but she knew
Walk a mile in Ruby's shoes
Ruby, if birds can always fly
Why oh why can't you and I?
Ruby's shoes would take her
A mile or so to school every day
Where the white people hated her
They'd scream and hold signs and tell her to go away
And she'd stop and she'd pray
That all the hatred would go away
She'd stop and she'd pray
That no other children would be raised this way
Ruby's shoes
If birds can fly
Then why oh why
If birds can fly then why oh why can't I
rubybridges
2 younglife
rubyfirstdayschool
rubypressures
rubyfeelings
quoteruby
conclusion
8 reflections
bibliography
Ruby Bridges Hall Awards
On January 28, 2001, Bridges was a recipient of the Presidential Citizens Medal.
On October 27, 2006, the city of Alameda, California dedicated a new elementary school to Ruby Bridges, and issued a proclamation in her honor.
In November 2006 Ruby Bridges was honored in the Anti-Defamation League's Concert Against Hate.
In 2007 the Children's Museum of Indianapolis unveiled a new exhibit documenting Bridges' life, along with the lives of Anne Frank and Ryan White.
Bridges is the subject of the Lori McKenna song "Ruby's Shoes:
Ruby's shoes would take her
A mile or so to school every day
Where the white people hated her
They'd scream and hold signs and tell her to go away
But Ruby's will was stronger
Than the bigots with the signs could ever know
She stopped every morning on the corner
And prayed that someday the pain would go
And she'd stop and she'd pray
That all the hatred would go away
She was only six years old but she knew
Walk a mile in Ruby's shoes
Ruby sat alone in the classroom
She never dreamed the other children wouldn't come
They hated her for the color of her skin
Well color is such an amazing illusion
She'd stop and she'd pray
That all the hatred would go away
She was only six years old but she knew
Walk a mile in Ruby's shoes
Now Ruby knew about Dorothy
And the ruby shoes that she wore
She wondered about Oz sometimes
Well, well no other child ever walked her shoes before
And she'd stop and she'd pray
That all the hatred would go away
She was only six years old but she knew
Walk a mile in Ruby's shoes
Ruby, if birds can always fly
Why oh why can't you and I?
Ruby's shoes would take her
A mile or so to school every day
Where the white people hated her
They'd scream and hold signs and tell her to go away
And she'd stop and she'd pray
That all the hatred would go away
She'd stop and she'd pray
That no other children would be raised this way
Ruby's shoes
If birds can fly
Then why oh why
If birds can fly then why oh why can't I
rubybridges
2 younglife
rubyfirstdayschool
rubypressures
rubyfeelings
quoteruby
conclusion
8 reflections
bibliography
But Ruby's will was stronger Than the bigots with the signs could ever know She stopped every morning on the corner And prayed that someday the pain would go And she'd stop and she'd pray That all the hatred would go away She was only six years old but she knew Walk a mile in Ruby's shoes
Ruby sat alone in the classroom She never dreamed the other children wouldn't come They hated her for the color of her skin Well color is such an amazing illusion She'd stop and she'd pray That all the hatred would go away She was only six years old but she knew Walk a mile in Ruby's shoes
Now Ruby knew about Dorothy And the ruby shoes that she wore She wondered about Oz sometimes Well, well no other child ever walked her shoes before And she'd stop and she'd pray That all the hatred would go away She was only six years old but she knew Walk a mile in Ruby's shoes
Ruby, if birds can always fly Why oh why can't you and I? Ruby's shoes would take her A mile or so to school every day Where the white people hated her They'd scream and hold signs and tell her to go away
And she'd stop and she'd pray That all the hatred would go away She'd stop and she'd pray That no other children would be raised this way Ruby's shoes If birds can fly Then why oh why If birds can fly then why oh why can't I
rubybridges
2 younglife rubyfirstdayschool
rubypressures rubyfeelings
quoteruby conclusion
8 reflections bibliography