By Lauren H.

Ruby Bridges

Ruby Nell Bridges was born on September 8, 1954 in Tylertown, Mississippi.

Birth

She is still alive.

Life

Ruby got selected and was the first African American to go to a school with white people.

Interesting Fact 1

Parents of white students boycotted the court ordered integration and took their children out of school.

Interesting Fact 2

Ruby was taught by a white teacher named Barbara Henry.

Interesting Fact 3

Garrow, David J. "Bridges, Ruby." World Book Student. World Book, 2014. Web. 31 Mar. 2014

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