Ruby Bridges Page #4

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She'll Be Fine.

Them Crackers'll Make You

Want To Beat 'Em Down.

I'm Sorry.

[ Whispers ]

Daddy Loves You.

Give Me A Kiss.

Go On.

Let's Go, Ruby.

[ Barbara ]

Miss Woodmere.

Miss Woodmere!

As You Know,

She Has No Phys Ed,

And She Should Have

Some Type Of Music Lesson.

I Just Wanted To Know

What You Thought.

Well, Due To Your Student,

I Really Don't Have Time

To Think.

As You Know, We're Forced

To Vacate School Property

Expeditiously.

That Is Not Due To My Student,

Miss Woodmere.

We Must Be Escorted

From The Premises

Because Of People's Attitudes

Toward My Student.

That Is Exactly The Point.

They've Given Us No Time

To Prepare,

And I'm

Caught In The Middle.

Now What Do You

Expect Me To Do?

"Hang."

Good.

Very Good.

"And The Hat.

I Have A New Hat."

And 30 And 40

And 50...

[ Indistinct Shouting ]

And 60 And 70--

[ Woman ]

I'm Gonna Poison You!

I'm Gonna Poison You!

It's Okay, Ruby.

It's Gonna Be Okay.

[ Shouting Continues ]

When Are All The Other Kids

Coming Back

So It Can Be

Like A Normal School?

They'll Come Back

Eventually.

Their Parents Are

Just Angry Right Now.

But Soon They'll Get Over It

And Bring Them Back.

For Now, You Should

Just Think Of This

As Your Very Own School.

What Do You

Think Of That?

[ Mumbles ]

I Don't Know.

We Can Have Fun,

Just The Two Of Us, Can't We?

[ Giggles ]

[ Bell Ringing ]

Okay. Now I Will Be Back

In 30 Minutes.

And I Want You

To Eat Your Lunch Now Too.

[ Whispers ]

Okay.

[ Door Opens, Closes ]

[ Blues ]

Here We Go.

[ Broyard ]

Good Afternoon, Mr. Bridges.

Good To See You Again.

[ Abon ]

Cielle.

Good Afternoon,

Mrs. Bridges.

I'd Like You To Meet

Dr. And Mrs. Coles.

Jane.

Pleased To Meetcha.

Nice To Meet You Both.

[ Dr. Coles ]

Pleasure's Ours, Ma'am.

He's A Psychiatrist.

A What?

Psychiatrist.

Sorry For Dropping By

Unannounced,

But The Coles Have Wanted

To Meet You For Some Time,

And They Came

All The Way From Biloxi.

Oh.

He And I Have

Spoken At Length,

And I'm Confident

Ruby Would Benefit

From Talking With Him.

[ Dr. Coles ]

I'm, Uh, Aware Of What's Going

On Out At The Franz School.

I've, I've Seen And

I'd Love To Be Of Help,

If I May.

Uh, Well, Uh--

We Can't Afford

No Psychiatrist.

No.

Oh, No, No, No, No. I Won't

Be Charging You Anything.

Well, Thank You Very Much,

But, Uh,

We're Just Regular Folk.

Ain't Nobody Crazy Here.

I Understand.

You Should Know, Though,

That I Have

Extensive Experience

Working With Children,

Especially Children

Facing Great Adversity.

And, Uh, In Most Cases,

It Can Be Quite Helpful

If They Have An Opportunity

To Speak With Someone

Outside Of The Family.

You All Have A Nice Day.

Good Afternoon.

Um, I'll Tell You What.

If You Happen To Change

Your Mind For Any Reason,

Please Don't Hesitate To Call.

Thank You Very Much.

Thank You.

Thank You.

[ Indistinct Shouting ]

Okay?

Dr. Broyard, You Know

My Husband's Been Laid Off

For Quite Some Time.

And We Were Wondering If

Someone In The Organization

Might Be Able To Find

Him Some Work.

I Mean, He's Really Good

At A Lot Of Things.

We Don't Think That Now's

A Good Time For Him

To Be Looking.

Better To Lay Low For A While,

Let Things Simmer Down.

So I'm Supposed To Just Sit

Around Here Doin' Nothin'

'Cept Worry About

How I'm Gonna Pay The Rent

And Take Care Of My Family.

These Donations

Ain't Gonna Last Forever.

I Understand How You Feel.

I'm A Man With

A Family Myself.

But... It's Just Temporary.

In The Meantime,

We'll Make Sure

Your Family's Needs Are Met.

And Try To Remember

What A Privilege It Is

For Ruby To Be Doing This.

Really?

Any Of Them Little

Colored Girls

At That Other White School

Happen To Be Children

Of Naacp Folk?

Huh? I Mean,

How Many Of Y'all

Put Your Six-Year-Olds

Up To This Here Privilege?

Any Of You Had The Privilege

Of Losin' Your Jobs?

[ Boy ]

Uh-Oh. Daddy's Mad.

I Don't Wanna Talk Right Now.

Go On Back Inside.

Baby, I--

I'm Serious, Lucielle.

- Daddy, Daddy.

- Hey.

You Promised To Play Ball

With Me Today.

[ Blows Whistle ]

Come On.

Go On.

Ow!

[ Giggling ]

I Don't Wanna Play.

Stop It, Carl.

You Can't Play!

[ Kids Chattering ]

Mama!

Ruby Called Carl A N*gger,

And She Said She Was

Gonna Kill Him.

[ Humming ]

[ Gasps ]

[ Continues Humming ]

[ Dr. Coles ]

Why Don't We

Start With You, Uh,

Drawing A Picture

Of Your School.

Can You Tell Me Something

About Your School?

It's Fun.

My Teacher Likes Me.

Oh. Know What?

I Got A Tea Set In The Mail.

Wanna Play?

Um, No. Why Don't We Just

Keep Drawing For Now, Okay?

Okay.

[ Humming ]

I Wanna Draw

My Teacher Now.

Why Don't You Wanna

Finish This One?

It Is Finished.

Are These The People

Out In Front Of The School?

Is That How They Look To You?

I Don't Know How They Look

'Cause I Don't Look At 'Em.

Why Don't You Look At Them?

'Cause My Mama And The Man

Told Me Not To,

So I Don't.

Me And Mrs. Henry Count High

When We Do Jumping Jacks.

All The Way

To A Hundred.

[ Humming ]

They Were Just Lovely.

Next Time You Should Really

Sit Down And Chat With Them.

You Know, Jane, I'm Not

There To Socialize. Okay?

[ Sighs ]

So How Did It Go

In There?

Oh. According To Ruby,

Everything's Just Fine

At School.

She's Having A Good Time.

Well, Maybe--

I Mean, How Can That Be?

It Doesn't Make Any Sense.

She Doesn't Show Any Signs Of

Being Scared Or Traumatized.

Honey, You'll Figure It Out.

- It's The First Meeting.

- Mm-Hmm.

[ Crowd Shouting ]

[ Woman ] Go Home!

We Don't Want You Here!

- I'm Gonna Poison You!

- Black, Black,

Don't Come Back!

- [ Chanting Continues ]

- Don't Look, Ruby.

We're Gonna Poison You!

We're Gonna Poison You

Till You Choke To Death!

[ Sobbing ]

What's The Matter, Baby?

[ Sniffs ]

I'm Scared.

Did You Have

A Bad Dream?

No, But I Was

Thinking Bad Things.

Mmm.

Did You Say

Your Prayers?

Well, What Do You Expect,

Honey? Come On.

Come On.

I Want You To Go In There,

Get Back On Your Knees,

And You Ask Him

To Take Care Of It.

I'm Scared.

Go On.

Thank You, Mrs. Stein.

[ Indistinct ]

Hey.

It's That Colored Girl.

[ Doorbell Jangling ]

Hi, Mrs. Stein.

Hi.

I'm So Sorry, Abon,

But Will You Please...

Not Come Here Anymore?

Why?

Please.

Please, Just Go.

Okay, Fine.

Won't Come In Here No More,

If That's How You Want It.

You Remember Who Was First

To Come In Here

When You First Moved Here

And Them Crackers

Wouldn't Buy From No Jews.

Ain't Never Been Nothin'

But Nice To You, Ma'am,

But If That's How You Want It,

That's How It's Gonna Be.

Come On.

Come On.

[ Doorbell Jangling ]

[ Mocking Humming ]

[ Abon ]

Come On, Y'all.

Let's Go.

Let's Go.

Get Ready For Bed.

Come On. Ruby Nelle,

You Better Eat That Food.

[ Cielle ] Child, You

Better Finish That Plate

And Stop

That Foolishness.

I'm Just Not Hungry.

You Heard Your Daddy.

Baby, Please.

Please Eat Something.

Maybe I'll Have Some Chips

Out Of The Bag.

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