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  1. 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.

  2. Aug 15, 2024 · Ruby Bridges (born September 8, 1954, Tylertown, Mississippi, U.S.) is an 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.

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Ruby_BridgesRuby Bridges - Wikipedia

    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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. Ruby Nell Bridges was born on September 8, 1954, in Tylertown, Mississippi. She was the oldest of Abon and Lucille Bridges’s eight children. When she was 4, her family moved to New Orleans so her parents could find better jobs.

  7. Sep 7, 2022 · In 1960, at the age of six, Ruby Bridges was the first Black child to desegregate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Now she shares the lessons she learned with future generations.

  8. 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.

  9. Nov 6, 2016 · Discover the inspiring story of Ruby Bridges, the young Black girl who desegregated her school. Learn how her bravery changed history. Click to read more!

  10. Mar 29, 2009 · Ruby Bridges became famous in 1960 as the six-year-old who, escorted by Federal marshals, integrated a formerly all-white school in New Orleans, Louisiana. Bridges was born on September 8, 1954 in Tylertown, Mississippi, to Lucille and Abon Bridges. She was the firstborn of eight children.

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