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"Them? Us? Look at them, they are us, what differences do you see?" This quote, which was stated in the 1994 film, Lion King, sums up the extent in which, Ruby Bridges, took action as a Civil War activist- just as Kiara from the Lion King thought the same about her fellow lions. It was through her action of standing up for the integration of black and white kids that caused a stir in the fight against civil rights.

Ruby Bridges was born on September 8, 1954 in Tylertown, Mississippi, but was raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. She lived during the time when the blacks and whites had separate water fountains, when blacks sat in the back of the bus, and when they had separate schools. It was her mother's wish that she get a good education so that her life wouldn't be as difficult as hers, and to do this she had to go to an all white school. But there was a problem, whites did not want black people going to their school because they thought they were better and that there shouldn't be equality between the two races. Because of her family's wish for Ruby to attend an all-white school, her father lost his job and white people threatened to poison Ruby if she even stepped foot in "their" school. However, Ruby and her family weren't going to let the white people change there mind, Ruby passed a test and was accepted to