Ruby bridges born sept.
Christopher hall ruby bridges.
She is the subject of a 1964 painting the problem we all live with by norman rockwell.
Her oldest son craig was murdered.
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 later became a civil rights activist.
Ruby bridges the first black student to attend an all white new orleans school joins us to talk about civil rights activism and persistent racism in the u s.
Actually ruby bridges today ruby bridges hall had four sons one when she was just a teenager and unmarried and the other three with her husband malcolm.
Ruby nell bridges hall born september 8 1954 is an american civil rights activist.