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January 20, 1931
- Abon Bridges of New Orleans, Orleans Parish County, Louisiana United States was born on January 20, 1931 in Tylertown, Walthall County, MS, and died at age 47 years old on February 22, 1978 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish County, LA.
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Apr 2, 2014 · Ruby Nell Bridges was born on September 8, 1954, in Tylertown, Mississippi. She grew up on the farm her parents and grandparents sharecropped in Mississippi. When she was four years old,...
Bridges was the eldest of five children born to Abon and Lucille Bridges. As a child, she spent much time taking care of her younger siblings, though she also enjoyed playing jump rope and softball and climbing trees.
- Philanthropist, activist
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- Ruby Nell Bridges, September 8, 1954 (age 69), Tylertown, Mississippi, U.S.
At the tender age of six, Ruby Bridges 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. Born on September 8, 1954, Bridges was the oldest of five children for Lucille and Abon Bridges, farmers in Tylertown, Mississippi.
Nov 11, 2020 · Cantrell said Ruby’s father, Abon Bridges, was initially reluctant to send his daughter to the all-white William Frantz Elementary School as a first-grader in 1960, at the request of the NAACP....
Nov 11, 2020 · She gave birth to Ruby in 1954, the same year as the landmark Supreme Court case Brown vs. Board of Education, which struck down the decades-old "separate but equal" doctrine, ending segregation...
Born: Sept. 8, 1954 in Tylertown, Mississippi. Parents: Lucille and Abon Bridges. Published Works: "Through My Eyes," "This is Your Time," "Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story" Spouse: Malcolm Hall (m. 1984) Children: Sean, Craig, and Christopher Hall. Notable Quote: "Go where there is no path and begin the trail.
Born on September 8, 1954, Bridges was the oldest of five children for Lucille and Abon Bridges, farmers in Tylertown, Mississippi. When Ruby was two years old, her parents moved their family to New Orleans, Louisiana in search of better work opportunities.
