Ruby Bridges 1960, New Orleans. Ruby Bridges: A Child's Courage Against Hate. Southern Black History | All About History

Sixty years ago today, 6-year-old Ruby Bridges endured a rioting mob as she integrated a New Orleans school. Despite threats to her family — and a mass exodus of the student body out of protest — Bridges remained, and advanced to the second grade: https://comca.st/2Um7cJn | Voices of the Civil Rights Movement

Escorted by federal marshals, Ruby Bridges, walked through a mob of people who wanted her dead each day just to go to school. White teachers refused to let her in their class, white parents hid their children and children refused to play with her. At only 6 years old, Ruby had the devastating realization that all the anger and hatred she was witnessing was directed at her because of the color of her skin. Years later, she speaks out about her traumatic experience in effort to change the system.