Ruby Bridges, civil rights advocate

Sept. 8, 1954-

The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles, illustrated by George C. Ford (Scholastic, 2004) paperback

Court-ordered desegregation made six-year old African American Ruby Bridges’ walk into an all-white New Orleans school possible. Thank you, Ruby Bridges!

To learn more about Ruby’s remarkable story, visit the Ruby Bridges Foundation.