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[edit] wrong info

I am deleting the following: "she was also brutaly raped and killed at age of 11" from:

"...mother had warned her that there "might be a lot of people outside this new school," but other than that she had no warning of the crowds of screaming racists she had to pass through to enter the school she was also brutaly raped and killed at age of 11..."

i followed the source and found no info on bridges' "rape" - i also tried did some research and came up with nothing discussing bridges' supposed rape. this statement is also clearly false because bridges is alive to this day and certainly lived past the age of eleven.

i added this to the discussion so that my edit would be taken seriously and not simply reverted as so often happens. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.85.199.114 (talk) 02:59, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Exhibit

just this week end(oct.28-29)i was at the indianapolis childrens museum to see the norman rockwell exhibit. the star of the show was his original painting of "the problem we all live with". i recommend this exhibit to anyone in the indianapolis area through jan 16 2005. i think it then goes to san francisco for its only other u.s. stop. rockwell's painting inspired me to look for more info on ruby bridges. thanks for having what i needed. 12.160.149.10 14:51, 31 October 2005 (UTC)rodney jordan

[edit] wikify tag

I've removed the wikify tag from this article, as I can't tell what further wikifications need to be done. - squibix 15:16, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

02:15, 11 January 2007 (UTC)02:15, 11 January 2007 (UTC)02:15, 11 January 2007 (UTC)~ï→67.182.191.29 02:15, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ruby Bridges

Bold textI recently learned about ruby bridges, and it is an inspiring story. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.182.191.29 (talk) 02:17, 11 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Sources

Hi. I was going to add an explanatory edit summary, but accidentally pressed 'enter' a few letters in. I've added an 'unreferenced' template to this page, because we have no references. We do have an external link that includes Ruby Bridges talking about what happened, but it is vague on a lot of points, not backing up a lot of this article. I assume that people who have added to this article have access to sources, as I imagine that is where they got their info from. So, can people please add what sources they know of to this article, preferably inline (in the text) so we can see which bits are in each source. That way, when people start editing ages and dates, we can look at the sources and see what is considered to be accurate. Thanks to all who provide a reference :-) Skittle 20:29, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Accuracy of firsts

I have asked for a citation for the statment that Bridges was "the first African American child to attend a white school in Louisiana". Certainly important in desegregating public schools, but was there not a single instance of African Americans who went to previously all white schools during the Reconstruction era? Also, for the post Brown v Board era, I was under the impression that some Catholic and progressive private schools started desegregating before the public schools. -- Infrogmation 15:51, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removed non-fair-use image

I've removed the image of Rockwell's "The Problem We All Live With". Absent critical commentary of Ruby Bridges' depiction in the painting, it is unlikely use of the painting in this article is covered under fair use. Sagsaw (talk) 04:06, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] i felt the same

i know ho felt im sorry —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.126.235.184 (talk) 01:27, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:The-problem-we-all-live-with-norman-rockwell.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 02:25, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Fixed JGHowes talk - 18:36, 18 February 2008 (UTC)