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When a judge orders ruby to attend first grade at william frantz elementary an all white school ruby must face angry mobs of parents who refuse to send their children to school with her. It requires preparation prior to showing so i read biographies about martin luther king jr rosa parks and ruby bridges first so that students understand what was happening at the time and then show the movie. 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. She is the subject of a 1964 painting the problem we all live with by norman rockwell.

Expand product details on november 14 1960 a tiny six year old black child surrounded by federal marshals walked through a mob of screaming segregationists and into her school. Ruby bridges story is an inspiration to us all. Ruby nell bridges hall born september 8 1954 is an american civil rights activist. 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.

At the tender age of six ruby bridges advanced the cause of civil rights in november 1960 when she became the first african american student to integrate an elementary school in the south. The year is 1960 and six year old ruby bridges and her family have recently moved from mississippi to new orleans in search of a better life. When bright six year old ruby is chosen to be the first african american to integrate her local new orleans elementary school she is subjected to the true ugliness of racism for the very first time. Disney s ruby bridges is a great movie and i show it every year when teaching about the civil rights movement to third graders.