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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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.
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Ruby bridges went to the william frantz elementary school in 1960.
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At the tender age of six ruby bridges advanced the cause of civil rights in november 1960 when she became the first african american student to integrate an elementary school in the south.
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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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In 1960 ruby bridges became the first african american child to attend an all white elementary school in the south.
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She is the subject of a 1964 painting the problem we all live with by norman rockwell.