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    Ruby Bridges Hall speaking at Algiers Point temporary branch library, New Orleans. Image source: Infrogmation of New Orleans
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    On November 14, 1960, six-year-old Ruby Nell Bridges, born September 8, 1954, in Tylertown, Mississippi, made history when she became the first Black child to integrate an all-white elementary school in the South.

    Bridges’ family moved to New Orleans when she was just four years old. Like many Black families of the era, they sought better opportunities, though Jim Crow segregation loomed over every part of daily life. In 1960, a federal court ordered Louisiana schools to desegregate, and Bridges, just starting first grade, was one of six children selected to take the first steps.

    On that historic November morning, Bridges, dressed in a white dress with ribbons in her hair, was escorted by four federal marshals past angry white mobs. Protesters hurled racial slurs and objects. Some threatened violence. Many white parents withdrew their children from William Frantz Elementary in protest. Inside the building, almost every teacher refused to accept her. Only Barbara Henry, a young white teacher from Boston, welcomed her. For the rest of that school year, Bridges sat alone in class, taught one-on-one.

    Ruby Bridges and the Marshals leaving the school. She was escorted both to and from the school while segregationist protests continued. Image credit: Uncredited DOJ photographer, restored by Adam Cuerden

    Despite the hostility, Bridges showed extraordinary strength. Each day, she prayed for the people outside the school gates, asking God to forgive them. That small act of grace revealed the depth of her courage and resilience. Decades later, psychologists would look to Bridges’ story to better understand how children cope with trauma and adversity.

    Bridges’ brave walk into William Frantz Elementary became one of the most defining images of the civil rights movement. Norman Rockwell’s iconic 1964 painting, The Problem We All Live With, captured the moment, showing Bridges flanked by U.S. marshals against a backdrop of racial slurs scrawled on the wall.

    Now 71 years old, Bridges is an author, activist, and founder of the Ruby Bridges Foundation, which works to advance tolerance, respect and equality in education.

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