Weblucille bridges, and the rest of ruby bridges family, are representative of the power that a community has in calling for justice, and that the courageous actions of one. Webruby bridges shares the events of the momentous day in 1960 when she became the first black child to integrate an all white elementary school as a six year old girl. Now she shares the lessons she learned with future generations. Websixty years ago, ruby bridges walked to school escorted by four federal marshals as a white mob hurled insults at her. Bridges, just 6 years old on november. Ruby was 6, and as she got dressed and left for school that day, she told me she didn't know she was making history. Webruby bridges’s brother was killed in 1990 at the housing project where he lived; Last july, her oldest son, craig, was shot dead on a new orleans street while on a brief break. Webher brother’s death galvanized her to become more involved in schools, she says, and coles’ offer to help the ruby bridges foundation launched her on a new career.
