Ruby Bridges began her career of civil rights activism at the age of six. In 1954 the Supreme Court ruled against segregation in public schools with the Brown v Board of Education decision, but many schools in the South remained segregated. She passed the entrance exam to attend William Frantz Elementary School, an all-white school in her neighborhood. In 1960 Ruby Bridges became the first African American to de-segregate this public school in the South. She and her mother were escorted by federal marshals every day to the school and faced with angry protesters. She wrote two books about her experiences and received the Carter G. Woodson Book Award. Ruby Bridges also has a movie about her life on Disney+. From Ruby Bridges we can learn that we are never too young to make a change. Even though she was only six, her bravery impacted many.
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