Ruby nell bridges hall born september 8 1954 is an american civil rights activist.
Ruby bridges age of death.
She is the subject of a 1964 painting the problem we all live with by norman rockwell.
In 1960 ruby bridges became the first african american child to attend an all white.
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.
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.
Ruby bridges reportedly dead at the age of 68.
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Ruby nell bridges at age 6 was the first african american child to attend william franz elementary school in new orleans after federal courts ordered the desegregation of public schools.