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Ruby Bridges

American civil rights activist

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Also known as Ruby Nell Bridges Hall · Ruby Bridges Hall

Born: September 8, 1954
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1.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
2.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/ruby-bridges
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Birthplace: Tylertown
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: philanthropist
, activist
Education: William Frantz Elementary School
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1.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/ruby-bridges
2.theguardian.com/society/2021/may/06/ruby-bridges-the-six-year-old-who-defied-a-mob-and-desegregated-her-school
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, Frederick Douglass High School
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Languages spoken, written or signed: English

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Ruby Nell Bridges Hall is an American civil rights activist. She was the first African American child to attend formerly whites-only William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis on November 14, 1960. She is the subject of a 1964 painting, The Problem We All Live With, by Norman Rockwell.

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Awards: Presidential Citizens Medal(2001)
honorary degree conferred by: Tulane University
Jane Addams Children's Book Award(2000)
Orbis Pictus Award
Given name: Ruby
Family name: Bridges
Significant event: desegregation
Sex or gender: female
Name in native language: Ruby Bridges
Founded: 1960

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