Beyond The Spotlight: The Siblings Who Shaped Ruby Bridges' Destiny

Webruby bridges is a monumental figure in american civil rights history.

Bridges became the first black child at a louisiana.

As a young black girl, she played a key role in the desegregation of the american school.

Webruby bridges was just six years old when she made history in 1960.

She later became a civil rights activist.

Webruby bridges reflects on her legacy, what keeps her hopeful and that she sees herself in the young people who write her letters.

Webruby bridges (born september 8, 1954, tylertown, mississippi, u. s. ) is an american activist who became a symbol of the civil rights movement and who was, at age six, the youngest of a group of african american students to integrate schools in the.

Webin 1960, when she was just 6 years old, ruby bridges walked past hateful protesters and into a school, and changed history.

Now she shares the.