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In Spring 1960, Ruby Bridges was one of several African-Americans in New Orleans to take a test to dete… | Black history, African american history, Women in history

Ruby Bridges, the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in the South. When she was 6 years old, her parents responded to a request from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and volunteered her to participate in the integration of the New Orleans School system. The court-ordered first day of integrated schools in New Orleans, November 14, 1960, was also commemorated by Norman Rockwell in the painting "The Problem We All Live With". Louisiana, Black History Facts, Black History Month, Women In History, World History, Ancient History, History Major, Modern History, British History

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Ruby Bridges, the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in the South. When she was 6 years old, her parents responded to a request from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and volunteered her to participate in the integration of the New Orleans School system. The court-ordered first day of integrated schools in New Orleans, November 14, 1960, was also commemorated by Norman Rockwell in the painting "The Problem We All Live With".

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