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William Frantz Elementary School is an American elementary school located at 3811 North Galvez Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70117. William Frantz Elementary School was one of the first all-white elementary schools in the Deep South to be integrated when Ruby Bridges became the first African-American student to attend the school. In 1960, when Bridges was six years old, her parents responded to a request from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and volunteered her to participate in the integration of the New Orleans school system. In 2014, a statue of Bridges was unveiled in the courtyard of William Frantz Elementary School.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New Ruby Bridges statue inspires students, community )〕 ==Integration== In spring of 1960, Ruby Bridges was one of six African-American children in New Orleans to pass the test that determined whether or not the black children would go to the all-white school. She went to a school by herself while the other five children went elsewhere. Six students were chosen; however, two students decided to stay at their old school, and three were transferred to Mcdonogh. Ruby was the only one assigned to William Frantz. Her father was initially reluctant, but her mother felt strongly that the move was needed not only to give her own daughter a better education, but to "take this step forward ... for all African-American children." Her mother finally convinced her father to let her go to the school.〔Ruby Bridges Hall. "The Education of Ruby Nell," ''Guideposts'', March 2000, pp. 3-4.〕 The court-ordered first day of integrated schools in New Orleans, November 14, 1960, was commemorated by Norman Rockwell in the painting ''The Problem We All Live With''.〔Charlayne Hunter-Gault. ("A Class of One: A Conversation with Ruby Bridges Hall," ) Online NewsHour, February 18, 1997〕 As Bridges describes it, "Driving up I could see the crowd, but living in New Orleans, I actually thought it was Mardi Gras. There was a large crowd of people outside of the school. They were throwing things and shouting, and that sort of goes on in New Orleans at Mardi Gras."〔 Former United States Deputy Marshal Charles Burks later recalled, "She showed a lot of courage. She never cried. She didn't whimper. She just marched along like a little soldier, and we're all very very proud of her."〔Susannah Abbey. (Freedom Hero: Ruby Bridges )〕 ''The Problem We All Live With'' was later displayed in the White House during the presidency of Barack Obama. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Frantz Elementary School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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