Ruby Bridges

For the 1998 television film, see Ruby Bridges (film).

Ruby Bridges
Bridges speaking at Texas A&M University–Commerce in February 2015
Born
Ruby Nell Bridges

(1954-09-08) September 8, 1954 (age 70)
Tylertown, Mississippi, U.S.
Occupation(s)Philanthropist, activist
SpouseMalcolm Hall
Children4
Websitewww.rubybridges.com

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.

  1. ^ Anderson, James; Byrne, Dara N. (2004). The Unfinished Agenda of Brown v. Board of Education. Hoboken, NJ: J. Wiley & Sons. p. 169. ISBN 9780471649267. OCLC 53038681.
  2. ^ Miller, Michelle (November 12, 2010). "Ruby Bridges, Rockwell Muse, Goes Back to School". CBS Evening News with Katie Couric. CBS Interactive Inc. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  3. ^ "60 years ago today, 6-year-old Ruby Bridges walked to school and showed how even first graders can be trailblazers".