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Cranston elementary schools walk with Ruby Bridges

Posted 11/22/23

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Cranston elementary schools walk with Ruby Bridges

A DAILY WALK: Students from Rhodes elementary march down Broad Street as part of a national walk to school in honor of one of America’s most famous elementary school students, Ruby Bridges. To remember the bravery of Bridges and other black students who chose to attend recently integrated schools during the civil rights movement despite discrimination and threats of violence, students, parents, and teachers from Eden Hill and Edward S. Rhodes elementary schools walked to school in the cold, just like Bridges once did.

HERMIT NO MORE: Students from Rhode Elementary walking with their Hermit Crab mascot at the rear.

BUNDLED UP: K-5 students braving the cold to honor one of the first black students to integrate into an all-white school in Louisiana.

CRAB WALK: Students out in the cold with their cold blooded companion.

A MORNING BIKE RIDE: Law enforcement accompanied students, parents and teachers on their walk from Dave’s Marketplace down Chestnut Street to the Eden Park Elementary.

CARRYING THE BANNER: Students bearing the banner of the Walk to School Day, which is celebrated at schools across the country.

Posted Wednesday, November 22, 2023 12:00 am

Students of Edward S. Rhodes and Eden Park elementary schools took part in the Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day on Tuesday, November 14, during which students across America walk to school to remember Ruby Bridges, one of the very first black students to attend a formerly segregated whites-only elementary school in Louisiana in 1954. Dozens of students from kindergarten through to fifth grade participated, supported by parents, teachers, and local law enforcement. (Photos provided by CPSED)