Ruby Bridges Page #2

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Just Some Men Gonna Drive Us

To School, Baby. That's All.

Alison.

Get Down, Baby.

Get Down.

Hold It Up Right There!

[ Butler ]

Wait Till I Open The Door

Before You Get Out.

We'll Get Behind You.

The Two Men In The Front Car

Will Walk In Front Of You.

We'll All Go

In The Building Together.

Stay Between The Four Of Us

And Do Not Look Back.

No Matter What Happens,

Don't Look Back At The Crowd.

- Just Keep 'Em Back.

- There Ain't Nothin'

Goin' Through.

I'm Late For

A Medical Conference.

What--

[ Horn Honks ]

Hey!

What's Goin' On Here?

[ People Shouting,

Horns Honking ]

[ Shouting Continues ]

[ Woman ]

Two, Four, Six, Eight!

We Don't Wanna Integrate!

[ Crowd ]

Two, Four, Six, Eight!

We Don't Wanna Integrate!

Two, Four, Six, Eight!

We Don't Wanna Integrate!

Two, Four, Six, Eight!

We Don't Wanna Integrate!

Two, Four, Six, Eight!

We Don't Wanna Integrate!

Two, Four, Six, Eight!

We Don't Wanna Integrate!

- Move! Get Outta The Way!

- Two, Four, Six, Eight!

We Don't Wanna Integrate!

Two, Four, Six, Eight!

We Don't Wanna Integrate!

Two, Four, Six, Eight!

We Don't Wanna Integrate!

Two, Four, Six, Eight!

We Don't Wanna Integrate!

Two, Four, Six, Eight!

We Don't Wanna Integrate!

Keep Them In The Middle.

Hold It.

Hold It.

[ Crowd Continues ]

Stop Right There!

[ Indistinct ]

The Governor Of The

Great State Of Louisiana

Says You Cannot Enter.

- [ Man ] No!

- [ Butler ]

Thank You, Sir.

The President Of

The United States

Says That I Can.

[ Man ] We Don't

Want Her Here! We Don't Need

No Coloreds In This School!

Listen To What We're Saying!

This Is Our School!

[ Woman ]

Take Her Back To The Colored

School Where She Belongs!

[ Shouting Continues ]

Let's Go, Baby.

Two, Four, Six, Eight!

We Don't Wanna Integrate!

Back Off! Back Off!

Two, Four, Six, Eight!

We Don't Wanna Integrate!

This Way, Mrs. Bridges.

[ Woman ]

What Is Goin' On?

I Can't Believe

They're Sending

That Little Negro Here.

- Miss Woodmere? This Is

Ruby Bridges And Her Mother.

- You Girls Get Back.

[ Woman ]

...Sittin' Next To My Kid!

What Are We Gonna Do!

Take My Child

Outta Here.

[ Rotary Dial Clicking ]

That's Real Good, Honey.

Come On, Boy.

Come On!

Mrs. Ridley,

What Are You Doin'?

Go-- Go Back

To Your Coloring.

[ Woman ]

It Ain't Gonna Happen.

My Child Ain't Gonna Sit

With Their Kind.

It Ain't Gonna Happen!

[ Miss Woodmere ] This Is The

Administrative Vice Principal

At William Franz.

Superintendant Redmond, Please.

My Kid Ain't Going

To School With No Jigaboo.

Mama?

Where's The Other Girls

Who Were Supposed To

Come With Me?

[ Miss Woodmere ]

I Didn't Know For Sure

It Was Going To Be Here.

What About The Other Children?

They Told Me

There Was Two More

Supposed To Be Comin'

To School With Ruby Nelle.

Well, I Suppose Their Parents

Had The Good Sense

Not To Put Their Children

Through This.

[ Door Closes ]

Would You-- Hello?

Tell Him To Call Miss Woodmere.

Miss Woodmere,

This Here Woman Says

She's The New Teacher

Supposed To Be Here.

She Don't Look Like

No Teacher, Though.

Yes, Can I Help You?

Yes. Good Morning.

I'm Barbara Henry.

Uh, Superintendent Redmond

Told Me To Report The Principal

For Work Today.

Oh, Not Today.

Not Today.

Well, She's In A Board Meetin'

Downtown And It's, It's Just

Not Sorted Out Just Yet.

Come Back Tomorrow.

Mm-Hmm.

Okay.

[ Water Running ]

[ Woman Whispering ]

She's Gonna Use Our Washroom.

[ Door Closes ]

That Ain't Right.

You Sure You Don't Want

Somethin' To Drink, Honey?

No, Mama.

[ Bell Ringing ]

She Is Dismissed.

Come On, Baby.

Let's Go.

This School Is Easy,

Mama.

[ Man On Tape Recorder ] With

Children In Crisis Situations,

Hey!

Stress Seems To Present

Itself In A Variety Of Ways.

Hi, Sweetie. What Happened?

Did It End Early?

I Never Got There.

The Streets Were Blocked.

You're Never Gonna Believe

Why. It Was Crazy.

I'm, Uh, Sitting

In The Car, Right?

There's Police

Everywhere. I Can't Move.

And There's

This Crowd Of Women

Standing In Front

Of A School.

Then This Little, Tiny,

Adorable Negro Girl

Gets Out Of A Car

Surrounded By Huge Marshals.

And Then These Women--

I'm Pretty Sure

They're Mothers--

They, They Start Chanting

These, These Hateful Things

At This Little, Bitty Girl.

I've Never Seen

Anything Like It.

People Can Be

So Mean, Bob.

Yeah.

I Grew Up Watching How

They Treated Effie, My Nanny.

They'd Act Like Her Color

Made Her Guilty Of Something.

Maybe I Could Work With Her.

You Know, Offer My Help

To Her And Her Family.

And Study The Situation

And Try To Help Her Cope.

I Think It Would Certainly

Be As Important

As The Work I Did With

The Kids In The Polio Ward.

- I Think It's A Great Idea.

- Yeah?

[ Crowd Shouting ]

Two, Four, Six, Eight!

We Don't Wanna Integrate!

[ Chanting Continues ]

Get These People Back.

[ Butler ]

Wait A Minute, Mrs. Bridges.

[ Crowd Pounding On Car ]

Clear The Way. Okay.

Okay, Mrs. Bridges.

Come On, Ruby.

[ Cop ]

All Right Now, Keep It Clear!

Get Back! Get Back!

Two, Four, Six, Eight!

We Don't Wanna Integrate!

[ Chanting Continues ]

Don't Mind Them, Ruby.

Keep Walking.

[ Man ]

Get Back, You Scum.

Two, Four, Six, Eight!

We Don't Wanna Integrate!

Two, Four, Six, Eight!

We Don't Wa--

This Is Your Teacher,

Mrs. Henry.

[ Phone Ringing ]

Well, Hello, Ruby Nelle.

It's So Nice To Meet You.

Very Nice To Meet You Too,

Mrs. Bridges.

Likewise.

So, Ruby, I Hear That

You're Quite A Good Student.

Is That True?

Yes, Ma'am.

Well, That's Perfect 'Cause

I'm Pretty Good Myself.

[ Woman Clicks Tongue ]

I Don't Know.

[ Crowd Chanting ]

This Here Is The

Captain Doctor Robert Coles.

Pleased To Meet You,

Captain.

Pleasure.

Sorry, But I Have To Check

Everyone That Comes In Here.

I Understand.

Would You Turn Around,

Please?

Sure.

[ Crowd Shouting ]

There Was A Phonics Book

In Here Just A Minute Ago.

[ Woman ]

Get Out Now!

You'll Have To Forgive Me. I--

I Haven't Quite Gotten

My Bearings Yet.

How Long Have You Been Here?

Since 8:
30.

[ Woman ]

Go Home, You Pickaninny!

You Don't Belong Here!

[ Shouting Continues ]

[ Shouting Continues,

Muted ]

The Humidity Here

Is Something.

Where You From?

Boston, Originally.

But I've Been Teaching Children

Overseas On A Military Base.

I Just Recently Was Married,

And My Husband's Work

Is Here In New Orleans,

So I've Come

To Join Him.

Well, Welcome To The South.

Yeah.

Well, I'm Here Today

Because I'd Like To Talk

To The Negro Child Who's

Attending Here And, Uh--

Now What Would You Wanna Talk

To That Little Nigra For?

I'd Like To See

How She's Doing.

The Focus Of My Work

Is To Study How

Children Handle Stress.

How They Cope With Crisis

Intrigues Me.

I Can Tell You Right Now

There's Nothin' Intriguing

About That Colored Child.

I Certainly Respect

Your Opinion, Ma'am.

Um--

But, Uh,

If You Would Allow Me

To Speak To Her Mother,

I'd Appreciate It.

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