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.
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Getty images quick facts name ruby bridges birth date september 8 1954 age 66 did you know.
Born on september 8 1954 bridges was the oldest of five children for lucille and abon bridges farmers in tylertown mississippi.
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Ruby nell bridges hall born september 8 1954 is an american civil rights activist.
She is the subject of a 1964 painting the problem we all live with by norman rockwell.
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.
In 1960 ruby bridges became the first african american child to attend an all white.