Webtrailblazer ruby bridges was only six when she advanced the cause of civil rights in november 1960 when she became the first african american student to integrate an. Webruby nell bridges, 6, was the first african american child to attend william franz elementary school in new orleans after federal courts ordered the desegregation. Webpainted in 1964, this work depicts a young ruby bridges flanked by four stoic federal marshals as she walks to school, her white dress contrasting with the dark. Webbridges passed the test and became the only one of the six eligible students to go ahead with desegregating frantz elementary. Her father opposed the idea at first,. Webin 1960, when she was just 6 years old, ruby bridges walked past hateful protesters and into a school, and changed history. Bridges became the first black child at a louisiana. Weba group of teenagers with the letters ymca emblazoned across their sweatshirts looked for a pew where they could sit together as the church quickly filled. Webruby bridges is a real person who became an indelible image of american history.
