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Ruby Nell Bridges Hall (born September 8, 1954) is an American civil rights activist. She was the first African American child to attend formerly whites -only William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis on November 14, 1960.
3 days ago · Ruby Bridges (born September 8, 1954, Tylertown, Mississippi, U.S.) American activist who became a symbol of the civil rights movement and who was, at age six, the youngest of a group of African American students to integrate schools in the American South.
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Ruby Bridges Reflects On Historic 1960 School Integration
Ruby Bridges is looking back on becoming a pivotal part of the civil rights movement in the American South. Bridges, now 69, became the first African American child to desegregate William Frantz ...
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- Mother Jones
Ruby Bridges blasts book bans as "ridiculous" attempts to "cover up history"
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Civil Rights icon Ruby Bridges is an integral part of U.S. history lessons in classrooms ...
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Apr 2, 2014 · Ruby Bridges was the first African American child to integrate an all-white public elementary school in the South. She later became a civil rights activist.
Trailblazer Ruby Bridges was only six when she advanced the cause of civil rights in November 1960 when she became the first African American student to integrate an elementary school in the South. Learn more about her on womenshistory.org.
May 6, 2021 · Ruby Bridges: the six-year-old who defied a mob and desegregated her school. Ruby Bridges with an escort of US deputy marshals leaves school in November 1960. Photograph: anonymous/AP. In 1960,...
Feb 1, 2024 · Bridges’ legacy as a civil rights activist began when she was 6 years old and helped desegregate William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in 1960. Bridges, escorted by federal...
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.
