Teacher Ruby Bridges Today

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.

Teacher ruby bridges today.

Ruby bridges is one of usa today s women of the century. I want you to behave yourself today ruby. By barbara henry as told to scott helman july 11 2014. 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.

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. She is the subject of a 1964 painting the problem we all live with by norman rockwell. Ruby bridges and her teacher barbara henry then and now. In 1960 when a six year old african american girl named ruby bridges was allowed to enroll at the previously all white william frantz elementary school in new orleans louisiana no teacher was willing to teach her except barbara henry.

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. Teaching ruby bridges fifty years after the civil rights act an educator on the front lines of desegregation is still sharing her lessons. Ruby bridges was 6 when she walked into a segregated school. To commemorate the.

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. Bridges who on tuesday turned 66 expressed excitement about the school named in her honor during the sept. Ruby bridges was the first african american child to integrate an all white public elementary school in the south. 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.