Ruby was born September 8, 1954 in Mississippi
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The Life of Ruby Bridges
Ruby Bridges
On Nov. 19, 1960 Ruby was the first African-American child to attend an all white school
Ruby had to be escorted to school by her mother and U.S. marshals due to angry mobs. Ruby's bravery is what continued civil rights action.
In 1963 Norman Rockwell created a Ruby Bridges painting called "The Problems We All Live With"
In Nov. 1960, Ruby Bridges wrote her book "Through My Eyes"
In the book she said "I don't remember everything about that school year, but there are events and feelings I will never forget."
In 1948, Ruby married Malcolm Hall
In 2004 Linda Jacobs Altman's book The american civil rights movement was publish in the section on Ruby Bridges she wrote "Ruby Bridges, a first-grader and the only black child at her school, had been escorted to an from the building by federal marshals in New Orleans."
On July 15,2012 Ruby Bridges got to visit the White House and meet President Obama
In 2017, the book american civil rights movement by Emily Mahoney was publish. It stated "In September 1957, nine African american students showed up at central high school in little rock Arkansas, to start classes."