Ruby Bridges - Anita

• Ruby Bridges was an American activist known for being the first black child to attend an all white American school in the South called William Frantz Elementary School.
• Since there where many people protesting against her going into an all white school, Ruby Bridges had to be escorted to school by police officers. 
• Ruby Bridges was born on September 8, 1954 in Tylertown, Mississippi and is still alive to this very day.
• Ruby Bridges wrote a book called "Through My Eyes." Here is a preview of it Ruby Bridge's book : On November 14, 1960, a tiny six-year-old black child, surrounded by federal marshals, walked through a mob of screaming segregationists and into her school. From where she sat in the office, Ruby Bridges could see parents marching through the halls and taking their children out of classrooms. The next day, Ruby walked through the angry mob once again and into a school where she saw no other students. The white children did not go to school that day, and they wouldn't go to school for many days to come. Surrounded by racial turmoil, Ruby, the only student in a classroom with one wonderful teacher, learned to read and add. 
• Ruby Bridges's parents are Abon and Lucille Bridges. Her husband was Malcolm Hall. Her children are Craig, Christopher and Sean Hall.

Ruby Bridges In Youth