Ruby Bridges

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civil rights activist education activist human

Ruby Bridges is a civil rights icon who, as a six-year-old in 1960, became the first Black child to integrate an all-white elementary school in the American South.

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Ruby Bridges canonical 2
Ruby Bridges Foundation 1
Ruby Nell Bridges 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil rights activist ⓘ
education activist ⓘ
human ⓘ
ageAtEvent 6 ⓘ
awardReceived Carter G. Woodson Book Award ⓘ
Presidential Citizens Medal ⓘ
birthDate 1954-09-08 ⓘ
birthPlace Tylertown, Mississippi, United States ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
depictedIn The Problem We All Live With ⓘ
educatedAt William Frantz Elementary School ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Bridges ⓘ
foundationPurpose promoting tolerance, respect, and appreciation of differences ⓘ
founded Ruby Bridges self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ruby Bridges Foundation
fullName Ruby Bridges self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ruby Nell Bridges
genre children's literature ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
givenName Ruby ⓘ
hasTheme racial equality in education ⓘ
school desegregation ⓘ
hasWork Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story ⓘ
This Is Your Time ⓘ
Through My Eyes ⓘ
honoredIn Ruby Bridges Day in various U.S. communities ⓘ
influenced U.S. school desegregation efforts ⓘ
locatedIn New Orleans, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
movement American civil rights movement ⓘ
notableEvent desegregation of William Frantz Elementary School ⓘ
notableFor being the first Black child to integrate an all‑white elementary school in the American South ⓘ
notableWork Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story ⓘ
This Is Your Time ⓘ
Through My Eyes ⓘ
numberOfChildren 4 ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
civil rights activist ⓘ
public speaker ⓘ
parent Abon Bridges ⓘ
Lucille Bridges ⓘ
portrayedBy Chaz Monet ⓘ
portrayedIn Ruby Bridges (1998 film) ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence New Orleans, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
schoolIntegrated William Frantz Elementary School ⓘ
significantEvent escorted by U.S. federal marshals to attend William Frantz Elementary School in 1960 ⓘ
spouse Malcolm Hall ⓘ
subjectOf The Problem We All Live With ⓘ
yearOfEvent 1960 ⓘ

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The Problem We All Live With → mainSubject → Ruby Bridges ⓘ
Ruby Bridges → fullName → Ruby Bridges self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ruby Nell Bridges
Ruby Bridges → founded → Ruby Bridges self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ruby Bridges Foundation
She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World → depicts → Ruby Bridges ⓘ