Ruby Bridges was a very brave little girl who inspired millions.

At the tender age of six, she passed a test that would allow her to be part of the change!

On November 14th 1960, Ruby Bridges became the first African-American child to integrate a southern elementary school.

“𝓡𝓪𝓬𝓲𝓼𝓶 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓰𝓻𝓸𝔀𝓷-𝓾𝓹 𝓭𝓲𝓼𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓮, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝔀𝓮 𝓼𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓹 𝓾𝓼𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓴𝓲𝓭𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝓼𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓭 𝓲𝓽. 𝓦𝓮 𝓽𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓲𝓼𝓶 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝔀𝓮 𝓹𝓪𝓼𝓼 𝓲𝓽 𝓸𝓷 𝓽𝓸 𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓰 𝓹𝓮𝓸𝓹𝓵𝓮. 𝓦𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝔀𝓮 𝓭𝓸 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝔀𝓮 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓪𝓬𝓽𝓾𝓪𝓵𝓵𝔂 𝓻𝓸𝓫𝓫𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓵𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓷 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓲𝓻 𝓲𝓷𝓷𝓸𝓬𝓮𝓷𝓬𝓮. 𝓣𝓱𝓪𝓽’𝓼 𝔀𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝔀𝓮’𝓻𝓮 𝓭𝓸𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓫𝓮𝓬𝓪𝓾𝓼𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝓭𝓸𝓷’𝓽 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓸 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓵𝓭 𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽. 𝓦𝓮 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓽𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝓬𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝓮𝓪𝓬𝓱 𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓼 𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓵𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓷.”

Ruby Bridges

Ruby was the only child in her class. Her teacher, Barbara Henry, was able to teach her one-on-one.

Ruby still speaks for school justice and is still fighting for what is right today!