.jpg) Ruby Bridges at the Mayo Speaker Series Image by Texas A&M University-Commerce Marketing Communications Photography, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed CC BY 2.0 |
Ruby RamseyRuby Bridges Ruby Bridges American civil rights activist (born 1954) 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. Quick facts Born, Occupations ... Ruby Bridges Bridges speaking at Texas A&M University–Commerce in February 2015 Born Ruby Nell Bridges (1954-09-08) September 8, 1954 (age 71) Tylertown, Mississippi, U.S. Occupations Philanthropist, activist Spouse Malcolm Hall Children 4 Website www.rubybridges.com Close Early life… (Source: Wikipedia)
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