Social Norms In Kathryn Stockett's The Help

Born on September 8, 1954, in Tylertown, Mississippi, was a girl named Ruby Bridges. In hopes of a better life, at the age of 4, she, and her family moved to New Orleans. Although her house was located five blocks away from a school, she couldn’t go there because it was an all-white school, and had to walk several miles to attend to kindergarten at an African American school. In 1960, many African Americans took a difficult test called the National

First of all, Ruby Bridges was the first African American to attend to an all white school. Ruby was asked to attend that school because she scored remarkably well on the test that would allow schools to integrate. Albion, her father, insisted that she

Ruby Bridges was the first African-American student to attend an all-white elementary school in the South, which paved the way for other African-American students. Bridges was asked to take a test, so that it would determine which black students would be allowed to attend a white school. Ruby was extremely intelligent and aced the test. After the test, her parents were told that she was able to attend the local white school. Ruby Bridges faced three hardships which were racism, threats, and financial problems.

Ruby Bridges was the first African American child ever to cross an invisible line and enter an all white school in New Orleans. On her first day, large crowds of angry white men and women protested as she walked inside of Franz Elementary School. The racist protesters carried signs saying black people don’t belong in white schools. Ruby demonstrated bravery even though she was ostracized, threatened, and surrounded by racist.

In the article, “Civil-Rights Figure: U.S. Separated by Race Once More,” by Cain Burdeau, the key relationship is people influencing ideas. Ruby Bridges is changing people’s thoughts and ideas about racism and how to change it for the better. In the text it says, “Back in 1960, Bridges was guarded by U.S. Marshals. She had to walk past a mob of protesters to enter her school. One woman shouted threats to poison her.

Ruby Bridges was the first African American to enter an all white elementary school in New Orleans in 1966. This little girl was very brave be be escorted by U.S Marshalls all the people yelled at her as she walked up the stairs with her head high as she walks in with her mom and the other men .

The novel, “The Help”, by Kathryn Stockett, focuses on the social issue of segregation in the United States, specifically in the south. Stockett demonstrates the issue of racial segregation between blacks and whites in the 1960’s by applying allusions, and point of view.

Ruby Bridges was a young African- American girl from Louisiana that scored high enough on the placement test administered to be sent to William Frantz Elementary—an all-white school in New Orleans, Louisiana. Two biographies of Ruby Bridges that were written for different audiences—one from Hilbert.edu and one from Nytimes.com—will be used to portray the role Ruby Bridges had in securing liberties to minority schoolchildren through tone and purpose. The strengths and weaknesses of the biographies will also be examined.

In 1966, the New Orleans public school system was changed in a prominent way, due to a young African American girl: Ruby Bridges. Ruby excelled in all subjects and was a deeply religious, brave girl. As she walked up the stairs on her first day of school, Ruby heard unmentionable comments about her and had to escorted by U.S. Marshalls. Through all the hardships, Ruby expressed her bravery by holding her head high and praying for all of those who estranged her from the community, imperiled her safety, and outcasted her due to her religious belief.

The documentary “Ruby Bridges” is based on an African American girl who gets the opportunity to attend an all white school based on her intelligence. One has to keep in mind that the people believed in the idea of segregated school. Segregated schools use to excluded children based on color of skin, culture, race, etc. When Ruby attends the all white school there is commotion. She is mistreated by the principle, the staff, and some of the teachers. The angry parents of that school are gathered to protest. These parents are influencing their children to follow their actions by ignoring Ruby. Ruby is the only child in the classroom because the parents do not allow their children in classroom. The little girl ,Ruby, is supported by people

Even though she should have already been integrated with other children in the first place, Ruby Bridges was treated unfairly. First off, No one would even want to teach her. Except 1 teacher named Barbara Henry. There were laws made for “Separate for equal” but you can’t be separate and equal. Since other teachers didn’t want to teach her for being “colored”, she was put in a separate classroom with just her and her teacher. She would have to attend school with US marshals, and would be yelled death threats on a daily basis. But for young ruby, this was better than a colored school. A colored school would have a lot of things missing and wrong with it. For example, 1 had running water and 1 did not.

In 1960, Ruby’s parents were called by the NAACP and they said she was one of sixth girls to pass the test. Ruby was the first African American child to attend an all-white Elementary school in New Orleans. “Barbara Henry, a white native, was the only teacher willingly to accept Ruby”(NWHM Ruby Bridges).

Michelle goes as far as to say that Bowie State was founded as an “act of defiance, and eloquent rebuttal to the idea that black people couldn’t or shouldn’t be educated.” In her speech she also gives several examples of African American defiance through time. One of these examples is the story of a young African American girl named Ruby Bridges. Ruby was just six years old when she became one of the first black children in New Orleans to attend an all-white school. In retaliation, many white parents pulled their children out of school and all but one of the teachers refused to teach her, but the Bridges family continued to persevere.

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Civil Rights literature has been in hiding from the millions of readers in the world. Kathryn Stockett’s book, The Help, widely opens the doors to the worldwide readers to the experiences of those separated by the thin line drawn between blacks and whites in the 1960s. Kathryn makes her experiences of the character’s, making their stories as compelling as her own.