Ruby bridges

Ruby Bridges History

By sianiii___

  • Early Age

    Early Age
    Ruby Nell Bridges was born on September 8, 1954, in Tylertown, Mississippi. Ruby Bridges grew up on the farm her parents and grandparents sharecropped in Mississippi. When she was four years old, her parents, Abon and Lucille Bridges, moved to New Orleans, hoping for a better life in a bigger city.

  • The First Black Child in a Desegregated School

    The First Black Child in a Desegregated School
    On the morning of November 14, 1960, federal marshals drove Ruby and her mother five blocks to her new school. While in the car, one of the men explained that when they arrived at the school, two marshals would walk in front of Ruby and two would be behind her. large crowds of people were gathered in front yelling and throwing objects. she was immediately escorted to the principal's office and spent the entire day there.