Ruby Bridges was the first African American child to attend an all-white elementary school in New Orleans in 1960. She was only 6 years old when federal marshals escorted her through crowds shouting racial slurs to her first day of class at William Frantz Elementary School. Despite facing racism, Ruby attended the school alone as the only student in her class for an entire school year due to white parents withdrawing their children rather than having them learn in an integrated school.
