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Nov 8, 2020 · Ruby Bridges was only 6 years old when integrated a New Orleans school amid violent protest. Learn more about the life of this civil rights icon.
Nov 7, 2020 · Bridges was the little girl depicted in that famous Norman Rockwell painting — the first Black student at her New Orleans elementary school. Now, she's written a book to tell kids her story.
Feb 22, 2021 · Meet Ruby Bridges, The Black Girl Who Made Civil Rights History At Six Years Old. On November 14, 1960, Ruby Bridges integrated an all-white elementary school in New Orleans — and became a civil rights icon. Ruby Bridges was just six years old when she made history in 1960. As the first Black student to attend the all-white William Frantz ...
Ruby Nell Bridges Hall is an American Hero. She was the first African American child to desegregate William Frantz Elementary School. At six years old, Ruby's bravery helped pave the way for Civil Rights action in the American South.
Activist, Author, Speaker. In 1960, when Ruby Bridges was only six years old, she became one of the first black children to integrate New Orleans’ all white public school system. Greeted by an angry mob and escorted by federal marshals, Ruby bravely crossed the threshold of this school and into history single-handedly initiating the ...
Aug 27, 2020 · When 6-year-old Ruby Bridges walked up the steps of William Frantz Elementary School on Nov. 14, 1960, she entered history, but she didn't make it to class.
Jan 14, 2021 · In the 1960s, Ruby Bridges became the first African-American student to integrate into an entirely white public school system in New Orleans. She joins Charlayne Hunter-Gault, who followed in ...
