Today Is Ruby Bridges Still Alive

Ruby bridges in full ruby nell bridges married name ruby bridges hall born september 8 1954 tylertown mississippi u s american activist who became a symbol of the civil rights movement and who was at age six the youngest of a group of african american students to integrate schools in the american south.

Today is ruby bridges still alive.

Bridges now ruby bridges hall still lives in new orleans with her husband malcolm hall and their four sons. Ruby nell bridges hall is an american hero. But the contribution of ruby remained immortal in the history books. She was born on september 8 1954 and is still alive today.

She was the first african american child to desegregate william frantz elementary school. She later became a civil rights activist. The family life of ruby was just like every other black family back in the days. Ruby the eldest among her five siblings was born on a lower middle class family working to make their ends meet.

Nbc s martin savidge reports. Ruby bridges was the first african american child to integrate an all white public elementary school in the south. After graduating from a desegregated high school she worked as a travel agent for 15 years and later became a full time parent. At six years old ruby s bravery helped pave the way for civil rights action in the american south.

Ruby bridges is the name of the first black child that attended an all white school in new orleans. Still alive and active at age 64. A book about her experience at william frantz titled the story of ruby bridges was published in 1995. Forty six years after integrating a new orleans elemtary school ruby bridges is back this time on her own accord to save the school.

She runs the ruby bridges foundation to help troubled children at william frantz and other schools. With the group ruby travels the country advocating the importance of education and integration to students.