♪♪♪ Hi.

My name is Tomar Francis, and I'm in 5th grade, and I have a question for you.

Miss Ruby Duncan, please tell us about your story.

-Hello, everyone, including my young students.

I want you to know a little bit about my life.

My name is Ruby Duncan.

I come here at the age of 18.

Now I'm the mother of seven children.

Now, you must read or you must watch Storming Caesars Palace.

That's where my life come from.

You'll learn all about me, the great woman, Ruby Duncan.

Poor women that have children, us, we surprised a whole lot of people.

At least, about 30 mothers in the beginning.

So from there in, we were known as welfare mothers who wanted to better our lives and living for our children.

And that's where we got started.

-Nevada officials have cut out of welfare more than 1,100 families.

-Vegas, then, was the Mississippi of the West.

-Nevada had the second lowest benefits in the country.

-And from there in, we began to March.

We marched on the schools.

We marched on social services.

We marched on the Governor's office.

We march, we march, we marched.

Something has got to happen.

We have to hit The Strip.

-A thousand marchers flooded into Caesars Palace.

-Hi, my name is Jenna Mitchell, and I'm a 5th grader here.

And Miss Ruby Duncan, I have a question for you.

What accomplishment are you most proud of?

-I had a chance to do great work with the great President back in the day by the name of Jimmy Carter.

I also was picked by President Carter.

Jimmy Carter is one of the people he wanted from Nevada, because they wanted to know how could they help low-income, poverty-stricken people.

I was with President Carter his whole session.

It was a great experience for me.

-Hi, Miss Ruby Duncan.

I'm Brinley Nelson.

I'm a 5th grader here, and I have a question for you.

Why is education so important?

-I want you to know how important it is.

I come straight out the cotton fields into Las Vegas.

I did all kinds of little programs when I was in Tallulah, Louisiana.

First, I want you to know, when I began school, I went to school in the middle of the cotton field, out of the church house.

That was my school.

I would love to tell you how much I used to read.

I used to read magazines, and I would go all the way all over the world.

I want you to follow me.

Be the greatest readers.

Work hard in class.

I did it.

I love learning.

I want you to be one of those great learners.

-Hi, I'm Miss Scott with Ruby Duncan Elementary School, and I have a question for you, Miss Ruby.

What is your message for the teachers and staff members here at your namesake school about a teacher's impact on students' learning and their cultural differences and how to address it?

-Oh, my God, you're so good.

You're the beginning of our lives, our baby's lives, our children lives.

For you, please, just take time to listen to a little bit of what I'm going to say about families.

Low-income families need your attention, and they need a little bit of love sometime with their children.

I was one of those mothers, did not know that my child needed more care and more understanding, because no one had told us about this.

But you are the ones that can help us understand better.

I've worked throughout my life with teachers, professors, and all of that.

And I think that the greatest thing we can do is care for those teachers, oh, my God, that has given the greatest of their health and love to each and every child in that classroom.

-Hey, Miss Ruby.

I am James Wornley.

I'm a 4th grader, and I have a question for you.

What's your hope for our future?

-I am here to tell you I want you to be the greatest people in the world.

You're going to grow up to become my President one day-- one of you, maybe each and every one of you.

I love you, and I want you to take this message: I want you to work hard, read a lot, love your next student next to you, your mother, your father, your family, and your teachers.

And, Dear God, please love your principal.

This is a great school.

We're going to have a great time.

And this is Ruby, and I love all of you and each one of you.

Ruby Duncan.

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