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The Supreme Court stated that all schools would be opened for both white and black students.
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Ruby Bridges was born September 8, 1954 in Tylertown, Mississippi. She was the first of 4 children.
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Ruby Bridges' parents decided to move to New Orleans.
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Ruby Bridges' dad lost his job because they were African American, and their local grocery store stopped letting them in.
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Ruby was the first African American child to go to an all-white public school. She was 6 when she attended the all-white public school called William Frantz School.
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4 white men painted a picture called The Problem We Must All Live With. It later became the cover of the Look magazine.
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Ruby Bridges married Malcolm Hall and together they had 4 sons.
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Ruby Bridges' brother Malcolm Bridges was murdered in a drug-related killing.
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Robert Coles wrote a book about her called The Story of Ruby Bridges.
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Ruby Bridges was reunited with her old school teacher.
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Disney made a movie about Ruby Bridges called Ruby Bridges
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Ruby Bridges made the Ruby Bridges Foundation.
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The US President Bill Clinton honored her with the Presidential Citizens Medal for her courage and strength.
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The Children's Museum of Indianapolis made an exhibit about Ruby Bridges.
