Ruby Bridges
American civil rights activist (born 1954) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the 1998 television film, see Ruby Bridges (film).
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.[1][2][3] She is the subject of a 1964 painting, The Problem We All Live With, by Norman Rockwell.
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Ruby Bridges | |
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Born | Ruby Nell Bridges (1954-09-08) September 8, 1954 (age 69) Tylertown, Mississippi, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Philanthropist, activist |
Website | www |
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