RUBY BRIDGES

  (SOURCE : https://www.biography.com/people/ruby-bridges-475426)

Ruby Bridges was the first African-American child to attend an all-white public elementary school in the American South.

Who Is Ruby Bridges?

Ruby Bridges (born September 8, 1954) was six when she became the first African-American child to integrate a white Southern elementary school on November 14, 1960, escorted to class by her mother and U.S. marshals due to violent mobs. Bridges' bravery paved the way for continued Civil Rights action and she's shared her story with future generations in educational forums.

(description of the picture we studied in class) (interview of Ruby as an adult)