Brandi was brought to Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health in 1995 when she was 2 ½ years old. Court documents show that Brandi's birth parents had locked her in a closet on a dirty mattress covered by garbage bags for much of her life. After a concerned neighbor made a phone call, child protective services removed Brandi from the home and police arrested the parents for neglect. Today Brandi is studying psychology, and has begun sharing her story at Riley Dance Marathons, “I want to be able to help children,... There were people who saved me... I could save one child's life and the whole thing is worth it”(“Dark Past” n. pag) In a world with so many twists and turns, one can see that within the dark times society experiences, there are rays of light that provide hope for a change and a brighter future.
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When Ruby was about 2 her family had to move because her parents sought new work opportunities. She moved from Tylertown, Mississippi to New Orleans where she entered a segregated kindergarten. By Ruby entering William Frantz elementary school she provided hope for a change in the future. Within the article Young and Brave: girls changing history one is shown how Ruby was able to enter the school: the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled in 1954, the year that Ruby was born, that all schools must desegregate. The decision was made in the case of Brown vs. the Topeka Board of Education, when the parents of another grade-school girl, Linda Brown, sued the school system of Topeka, Kansas, because Linda had to attend an all-black school outside of the neighborhood where she lived.(Olivia P.
When Ruby was about 2 her family had to move because her parents sought new work opportunities. She moved from Tylertown, Mississippi to New Orleans where she entered a segregated kindergarten. By Ruby entering William Frantz elementary school she provided hope for a change in the future. Within the article Young and Brave: girls changing history one is shown how Ruby was able to enter the school: the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled in 1954, the year that Ruby was born, that all schools must desegregate. The decision was made in the case of Brown vs. the Topeka Board of Education, when the parents of another grade-school girl, Linda Brown, sued the school system of Topeka, Kansas, because Linda had to attend an all-black school outside of the neighborhood where she lived.(Olivia P.