Died Ruby Bridges Today

Ruby bridges in full ruby nell bridges married name ruby bridges hall 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.

Died ruby bridges today.

Ruby bridges was the first african american child to integrate an all white public elementary school in the south. Today ruby bridges continues to live in new orleans and works in schools around the country to promote education. The footprints of a child are small but on november 14 1960 six year old ruby bridges walked with purpose as she became the first african american student to integrate an elementary school in. Ruby bridges is still alive today and is only sixty five years old.

She was the first african american child to desegregate the all white william frantz elementary school in louisiana during the new orleans school desegregation crisis on 14 november 1960. She is the subject of a 1964 painting the problem we all live with by norman rockwell. In 1998 her story was recreated in the disney film ruby bridges and in 1999 ruby s own book through my eyes was published. She later became a civil rights activist.

She shared her story on selena gomez s instagram account. Don t follow the path. Robert coles wrote the book with ruby s assistance. In 1960 as a 6 year old ruby bridges became the first black child to integrate a previously segregated school in new orleans.