At 6 years old, she walked through a screaming, racist crowd to desegregate New Orleans schools. Now her books and her story as being flagged as 'too mature' for children. Here's what Bridges has to say about that.
All 6-year-old Ruby Bridges wanted was a friend when she walked into William Frantz Elementary in 1960 as the first Black child to desegregate the New Orleans school, flanked by four federal marshals and besieged by racist taunts from a crowd of white people.
Friends were hard to find. Bridges was isolated for that entire year: Federal marshals continued to accompany her to first grade, but white parents pulled their children out of the school and she was the only student in her classroom. Death threats against her continued, and other children in her grade refused to socialize with her.
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