This photo is of Ruby Bridges, who was one of the first children selected to integrate the public schools in New Orleans. She was 6 years old when she was chosen to attend the previously all white school. In protest over desegregation, the parents of her classmates withdrew their children from school, and Ruby finished the year alone with her teacher. The Norman Rockwell painting, “The Problem We All Live With” featured in Look Magazine was inspired by Ruby’s walk to school escorted by US Marshals.
Ruby Bridges, 1960.
Gelatin silver print.
New York World-Telegram and Sun Collection,
Prints and Photographs Division (148)
Digital ID # cph 3c26460
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