Ruby Bridges

relationship

Ruby Bridges' parents were instrumental in shaping her historic path into an all-white school in 1960. This relationship profile explains their names, backgrounds, and roles, wh...

people

Ruby Bridges is the name now most closely associated with the desegregation of elementary schools in the American South. In November 1960, as a six year old in New Orleans, Loui...

people

Ruby Bridges Young is the name by which Ruby Nell Bridges is widely recognized following her marriage to Malcolm Hall and her continued activism. In 1960, at age six, she became...

biography

Ruby Bridges was born on September 8, 1954, making her 70 years old in 2024 and turning 71 in September 2025. She is best known as the first African American child to desegregat...

biography

Ruby Bridges was born on September 8, 1954, in Tylertown, Mississippi, United States. Her exact birthplace is Tylertown, a small town in Pike County in south-central Mississippi...

civil-rights-history

Ruby Bridges became the first African American child to desegregate an all-white elementary school in the South on November 14, 1960. The following table summarizes core attribu...

Status Updates

Ruby Bridges is alive. As of 2025, she continues her work as an author, speaker, and civil rights advocate. This clarification is frequently necessary because misinformation abo...

civil-rights-figures

Ruby Bridges became widely known in 1960 at age six when she desegregated an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. As an adult, she channeled that experience into educatio...