Ruby Bridges
Ruby Nell Bridges Hall (born September 8, 1954) is known as the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in the South. She attended William Frantz Elementary School at 3811 North Galvez Street, New Orleans, LA 70117.
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“to-morrow it seem
Like the empty words of a dream
Remembered on waking.”
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