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Lesson: The Story of Ruby Bridges - Cloze Activity

Directions: Using the words in the Word Box, fill in the blanks in the following sentences. Check off each word after you have used it. (Hint: You may want to refer to the Glossary in the back of this packet.)

Word Box

___ equality ___ racism ___ segregation

___ prejudice ___ civil rights ___ integration

___ desegregation

In America in the 1960’s many believed that all people deserved to be treated with _________________ and that whether their skin was black or white should not matter. However, at that time there was a lot of _______________
in the world and some people even felt that _____________, the belief that one race is superior to another, was correct.
Many brave Americans joined together to fight for the ___________ ____________ of others. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks both worked to create an end to _________________, the practice of separating people by race.
Dr. King was a very effective speaker and a peaceful leader. Even as a 6 year old girl Ruby Bridges made a difference by being a part of our history and the __________________ or ____________________ of the public schools!
It goes to show that anyone can make a difference! You just have to try!

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