Teacher Ruby Bridges Today

Teaching ruby bridges fifty years after the civil rights act an educator on the front lines of desegregation is still sharing her lessons.
Teacher ruby bridges today. She alluded to her childhood struggle and today s pandemic. By barbara henry as told to scott helman july 11 2014. To commemorate the. Now she teaches children to get past racial differences.
She was the first african american child to desegregate the all white william frantz elementary school in louisiana during the new orleans school desegregation crisis on 14 november 1960. Ruby bridges and her teacher barbara henry then and now. Ruby nell bridges at age 6 was the first african american child to attend william franz elementary school in new orleans after federal courts ordered the desegregation of public schools bettmann. Henry had gone to girls latin school in boston where we learned to appreciate and enjoy our important commonalities amid our external differences of class.
She is the subject of a 1964 painting the problem we all live with by norman rockwell. Barbara henry born january 1 1932 is a retired american teacher most notable for teaching ruby bridges the first african american child to attend the all white william frantz elementary school located in new orleans. Fifty nine years ago on this day in 1960 6 year old ruby bridges walked into the william frantz elementary school in new orleans escorted by four federal marshals and made history by becoming the. Ruby bridges was the first african american child to integrate an all white public elementary school in the south.
Bridges who on tuesday turned 66 expressed excitement about the school named in her honor during the sept. Ruby bridges was 6 when she walked into a segregated school. Ruby nell bridges hall born september 8 1954 is an american civil rights activist. Ruby bridges is one of usa today s women of the century.