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Bridges, Ruby, 1954-

 Person

Biography

Ruby Bridges, also known as Ruby Nell Bridges Hall (born September 8, 1954) is an American civil rights activist. She was the first African-American child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis in 1960. She is the subject of a 1964 painting, "The Problem We All Live With," by Norman Rockwell. Bridges was counseled by child psychologist Dr. Robert Coles during her first year at Frantz. As an adult, on January 8, 2001, Bridges was awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal by President Bill Clinton.

Resources: Wikipedia, accessed July 21, 2019.

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Announcement for "A conversation with Ruby Bridges", 2001

 Item — Box: 01087
Identifier: 001 002 000 23 0008
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series consists mainly of photographs and programs. with some sound recordings and video recordings associated with Morning Meetings (and its predecessor, Prayers), assemblies, assembly speakers and performances, and other guest speakers hosted by the school. Speakers appearing in this series' photographs include actors and filmmakers, authors, writers, media commentators, activists, psychiatrists and psychologists, and politicians. Some notable speakers include civil rights activists...
Dates: 2001

Photograph of guest speaker Ruby Bridges signing books after her visit with Classes I through VI, 2001 Oct 4

 Item — Box: 01128
Identifier: 001 002 000 13 0989
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series consists mainly of photographs and programs. with some sound recordings and video recordings associated with Morning Meetings (and its predecessor, Prayers), assemblies, assembly speakers and performances, and other guest speakers hosted by the school. Speakers appearing in this series' photographs include actors and filmmakers, authors, writers, media commentators, activists, psychiatrists and psychologists, and politicians. Some notable speakers include civil rights activists...
Dates: 2001 Oct 4

Photograph of Ruby Bridges, 2001

 Item — Box: 04048
Identifier: 004 007 000 16 0058
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series consists mainly of photographs and programs. with some sound recordings and video recordings associated with Morning Meetings (and its predecessor, Prayers), assemblies, assembly speakers and performances, and other guest speakers hosted by the school. Speakers appearing in this series' photographs include actors and filmmakers, authors, writers, media commentators, activists, psychiatrists and psychologists, and politicians. Some notable speakers include civil rights activists...
Dates: 2001

S01 Prayers, Morning Meeting, Assemblies, and Guest Speakers, c. 1920 - 2010

 Series
Identifier: RG01_SG001_S01
Scope and Contents This series consists mainly of photographs and programs. with some sound recordings and video recordings associated with Morning Meetings (and its predecessor, Prayers), assemblies, assembly speakers and performances, and other guest speakers hosted by the school. Speakers appearing in this series' photographs include actors and filmmakers, authors, writers, media commentators, activists, psychiatrists and psychologists, and politicians. Some notable speakers include civil rights activists...
Dates: c. 1920 - 2010

Sound recording of Dr. Robert Coles, Class of 1985 Lecturer, on his experiences as a psychologist working with Ruby Bridges as a child, 1986

 File — Box: 04052
Identifier: 004 004 000 04 0008
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series consists mainly of photographs and programs. with some sound recordings and video recordings associated with Morning Meetings (and its predecessor, Prayers), assemblies, assembly speakers and performances, and other guest speakers hosted by the school. Speakers appearing in this series' photographs include actors and filmmakers, authors, writers, media commentators, activists, psychiatrists and psychologists, and politicians. Some notable speakers include civil rights activists...
Dates: 1986

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