Resources

These short videos, available on YouTube provide different perspectives on Ruby Bridges

Warning: some historical footage contains offensive language.

Robert Coles on Ruby Bridges

Uploaded by Colette Ouattara. Published on May 5, 2013

running time: 5:23 minutes

Black History Spotlight: Ruby Bridges

Produced by Dara Shultz. Published on Feb. 9, 2013

running time: 4:15 minutes

Color Barrier Breaking Student’s Reunion

Produced by CBS. Uploaded on Nov. 12, 2010

running time: 4:09 minutes

MLK Day Legacy: Ruby Bridges

Produced by National Service. Uploaded on Dec. 20, 2011

running time: 4:09

Celebrating Ruby Bridges

Produced by Scholastic. Uploaded on Oct. 12, 2021

running time: 3:51

Warning: podcasts about historical events may contain offensive language.

Through My Eyes: Ruby Bridges on the Struggle for Racial Justice

Produced by Scholastic Reads. Published on June 24, 2020

running time: 40:09 minutes

Lesson Plan-High School Students PBS

https://www.pbs.org/beyondbrown/foreducators/ed_lesson_segregration.html

Middle school Lessons – PBS

https://www.pbs.org/beyondbrown/foreducators/educate_grade6_8.html

Middle and High school students

https://www.pbs.org/beyondbrown/foreducators/educate_midhigh.html

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/how-the-supreme-court-shaped-school-segregation/

https://rubybridgesasingh.weebly.com/

https://www.rubybridges.com/

https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/ruby-bridges

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/neworleans-ruby-bridges-and-integration-new-orleans-schools/

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/may/06/ruby-bridges-the-six-year-old-who-defied-a-mob-and-desegregated-her-school

https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/14/us/ruby-bridges-desegregation-60-years-trnd/index.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/02/learning/lesson-plans/still-separate-still-unequal-teaching-about-school-segregation-and-educational-inequality.html

https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/fall-2018/toolkit-for-segregation-by-design

https://www.usnews.com/news/the-report/articles/2018-06-01/the-unknown-history-of-the-women-and-girls-who-made-school-desegregation-a-reality