Full Name
Ruby Bridges (born Ruby Nell Bridges)[1]
Date of Birth
September 8, 1954[1]
Place of Birth
Tylertown, Mississippi, United States[1]
Spouse’s Name
- Not available
Children’s Names
- Not available
Known Affiliates Names
- American civil rights movement (activist)[1]
Affiliated Organizations’ Names
- William Frantz Elementary School (first African American student)[2]
Legacy
Ruby Bridges is an American civil rights activist who, at the age of six, became the first African American child to integrate an all-white public elementary school in the South[1][2]. Her bravery in attending William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in 1960 was a significant milestone in the civil rights movement[2]. Bridges later became a civil rights activist, sharing her story with future generations in educational forums[5]. In 1999, she established the Ruby Bridges Foundation, which promotes tolerance and creates change through education.