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Fast Facts: Ruby Bridges. Known For: First Black child to attend the all-White William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana. Also Known As: Ruby Nell Bridges Hall. 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".
By Debra Michals, PhD | 2015. 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 ...
Ruby Bridges was born on September 8, 1954, in Tylertown, Mississippi, the oldest of farmers Lucille and Abon Bridges’ five children. When she was 2 years old, her family moved to New Orleans in search of a better life. Perhaps it is no coincidence that 1954 also marked Brown v. Board of Education, the U.S. […]
Nov 11, 2020 · Nov. 11, 2020. Lucille Commadore Bridges, who in 1960 broke through the segregated education system of the Deep South by enrolling her 6-year-old daughter, Ruby, in an all-white elementary school ...
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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 · U.S. Deputy Marshals escort 6-year-old Ruby Bridges from William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, in this November 1960, file photo. Lucille Bridges, Ruby's mother, died Tuesday at the age ...
In 1953, Lucille married Abon Bridges, a mechanic. She gave birth to Ruby in Tylertown, Mississippi, in 1954 — the same year as the landmark Brown vs. the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas decision that ended racial segregation in schools. In 1956, the family relocated from Mississippi to New Orleans to give their children a chance at a ...
