Ruby Bridges and Rosa Parks similarities and differences are very important in history. Here is one of the similarities, they both take a stand for what is right! Even if the people hate them, they took a stand! People didn’t like them because they were African American, they had to go in separate bathrooms, separate restaurants, etc. Here are some more of the differences and similarities.
Some of the things about Ruby Bridges is that Ruby was chosen to go to a white school. Everyday before when she walked in the school, she prayed for the people who hated her. She was only six years old when she was chosen to go to a white school. The people tried to scare her, until she was in 2nd grade and the people gave up. She graduated from the school she went to and had a good life. Ruby Bridges is still alive today and she met her teacher from 1st grade on live T.V. Ruby hasn’t seen her teacher Mrs. Henry for 50 Years! …show more content…
She took a stand for the civil rights to be equal. Ruby Bridges was chosen, Rosa Parks decided what she wanted to do. At the time when her history happened, Rosa was around 30-40 years old. Rosa was a bus segregation, black people had to stand in the back, while white people had seats. Rosa was caught by sitting in the white people seats, and Martin Luther King Jr. stood for her. They were both arrested for standing for the equal