Walking Tall by ReadWorks.org

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1. Ruby Bridges' mother said to Ruby, "don't be afraid."
2. Ruby Bridges' mother said this to Ruby on November 4, 1960.
3. 4 Federal Court Marshalls escorted Ruby to school.
4. Ruby Bridge lived in New Orleans, Louisiana.
5. Ruby was in 1st grade.
6. Ruby attended William Frantz Public School.
7. A screaming mob was waiting for Ruby and the four U.S. Federal Court Marshalls.
8. The main idea on paragraph 3 was The U.S. was segregated.
9. Answers will vary
10. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that segregation in school was unconstitutional.
11. New Orleans was not following the Supreme Court's ruling that segregation at public schools was unconstitutional.
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14. No, Ruby did not attend class on the first day of school.  Parents were pulling their kids out of school.
15. Barbara Henry was Ruby Bridges' teacher at William Frantz Public School.
16. There were no students in Ruby's classroom on the next day of school.
17. There were no students in Ruby's classroom the whole school year.
18. True, by the late 1960s, most schools in the United States were no longer segregated, thanks to the efforts of Civil Rights workers.
19. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 protected African Americans' rights to seek jobs.