The Civil Rights Movement and Ruby Bridges

The Civil Rights Movement was an extremely tragic period for African Americans. African Americans could not vote, have equivalent open doors for business or instruction, or have equivalent access to public facilities. The objective of the Civil Rights Movement was to eliminate racial discrimination. Ruby Bridges is a civil rights activist, and in 1960, Ruby Bridges's family decided to desegregate a white Southern elementary school. Ruby changes the society and country as a whole, and she helped the Civil Rights Movement. The Supreme Court had at long last decided that African Americans may go to the same school as whites. In any case, it was not so natural, society didn't concur with the thought without any problem. All the dark understudies on Ruby's square went to the all-dark school, Johnson Lockett Grade school. The closest school to her was William Frantz's white school, which was just 5 streets from her home. She was not permitted to go there and needed to go to the all-dark school that was a lot more distant away. Nonetheless, a ton was going to change when the Supreme Court concluded that a test would be given to the dark understudies and the ones with the most elevated scores would be acknowledged to the white school closest to them. There were 6 understudies that were acknowledged to go a white school. Two of them chose to remain at the all-dark school and 3 of them would go to the other white school. Ruby Bridges was picked to go to William Frantz Rudimentary and would need to go there alone. She was six years of age at that point. The white populace in the territory didn't acknowledge this choice well overall. Truth be told, the circumstance was getting extremely unfriendly and hazardous for the dark populace. Ruby's dad had known about this risk and would not like to send her, be that as it may, Ruby's mom felt that on the off chance that it implied showing signs of improvement training for her kids, at that point she was all available. She constrained her better half to release Ruby to the school and he concurred. Sometimes history can be remembered and written differently depending on who is telling the story, but when Ruby Bridges tells her story, there is not much of a difference between her personal experience and the film. The film Ruby Bridges accurately and precisely examines the events that happened to Ruby Bridges.

The film Ruby Bridges is based on a young black girl going to elementary school for the first time with white students. Ruby was born near a small cabin in Tylertown Mississippi, and she grew up very poor. When her and her family moved to New Orleans, all of the schools were segregated, and the African American children were not eligible to receive the same education as the white children. A judge had ordered Ruby Bridges to attend the William Frantz Elementary school. Ruby Bridges was one of the first African American children to attend an integrated school in the Deep South. At the time, the Supreme Court had just allowed African Americans to attend all-white schools. At age 6, Ruby is selected to attend an all-white school in New Orleans, causing an uproar in the racially divided region. In the film, the white people, who gathered around the car Ruby, her mother, and the Marshals were viciously angry because they felt as if Ruby did not belong there. Among the people who try to help Ruby adjust to the tense situation are teacher Barbara Henry and Dr. Robert Coles, a child psychiatrist. Dr. Robert Coles had his concerns for Ruby, but he wanted Ruby to be able to handle all of the hatred towards her. He guided Ruby to be brave throughout the whole transition, and he prepare her for the worst of what he thought the people may say to her and how they would react.

Having accuracy in a film related to history is important because it gives an overview of the events that happened during that time period. The films are meant to learn from, especially if someone does not know the history that well. By watching the Ruby Bridges film, someone will have a better understanding of what happened during the Civil Rights Movement and Ruby Bridges. The accuracy in film Ruby Bridges is very precise and accurate. From a Los Angeles Times article, it explains that the events were actual events that happened to Ruby Bridges. The portrayals within the film are well balanced out, and in the Los Angeles Times article, it says that the characters tend to have the reason for doing the things they did because they were treated differently in a not-so-respectful way. The film is a film of love, capability, appreciation, and belief, and if someone was to watch the film, they would know what Ruby actually experienced during that time of desegregation. In an interview, Ruby Bridges personally talked about her experience when she began to attend the all-white school. In the interview, she said “ I remember the federal Marshals driving up in the car and us being in the car driving to the school. I also remember the conversation that was going on in the car. The federal Marshals were explaining to us how we should get out of the car and how to walk once we arrived in front of the school.” In the film, the federal Marshals explained to Ruby and her mother how to get out of the car and how to walk. The federal Marshals were telling Ruby to walk behind him once she got out of the car, and the other men in the car will walk in front of her. He also told her to stay in the middle of them and do not look back at the while people. The accuracy and small details in the movie are important because the movie gives an insight of how Ruby Bridges was treated when she got to the school. The audience can also see the hatred towards not only Ruby Bridges but African Americans.

As well as accuracies, inaccuracies are important too. In the film, as Ruby arrived at the all-white school for the first time with the federal Marshals and her mother. Ruby seemed frightened because she did not know what to expect when she arrived, but the Marshals began to tell her as the were about to get out of the car. Ruby expressed her emotions by holding on to her mother and looking back at the white people who gathered around the car. In an interview, Ruby Bridges describes how she felt as she got out fo the car, and she thought they “stumbled upon a parade.” Ruby remembers not being scared at all when they arrived and got out of the car. Ruby was a tough and fierce little girl, and she wanted to show of how brave she was. According to the article on Ruby’s biography, “Bridges' brave act was a milestone in the civil rights movement, and she's shared her story with future generations in educational forums.” Ruby Bridges was overall a brave little girl, but there are moments in the film when the audience can see Ruby tense up. For instance, there was a white woman in the crowd of rowdy people who had a black doll in a coffin, and Ruby was more afraid of that than the people who were shouting at her. The doll was a representation of Ruby, and the doll was meant to scare Ruby off because the white people did not want her going to their all-white school. In reality, Ruby did not pay attention to those people who did not want her at their school because she continued to go every day, and she walked pass all of those people every day.

The Civil Rights Movement was a major influence on Ruby Bridges' life. Ruby Bridges made history, and she was dedicated to changing society and how racial preferences were examined. The film, Ruby Bridges, gives the audience an insight on what actually happened to Ruby Bridges, the accuracy is overall sufficient. There are slightly small inaccuracies which leave out the little details and emotions. The accuracies that are portrayed express how Ruby Bridges actually was treated, and Ruby, herself, explains that she remembers what happened when she arrived at the all-white school that day. The portrayals within the film are accurate, and they are events that actually occurred to Ruby Bridges in real-life. According to the inaccuracies, Ruby’s emotions were described and shown differently in the film. Even though Ruby was brave, the people who were gathered around the car and school frightened her a little. She was even threatened by a woman who held a black doll in a coffin.