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Mary Louise Kelly

EXPLAINED: Ruby was the first black child to desegregate her school this is what she learned - The Real Truth

U.S. deputy marshals escort six-year-old Ruby Bridges from William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in November 1960. (AP)

The morning of November 14, 1960, a little girl named Ruby Bridges got dressed and left for school.

At just six years old, Ruby became the first Black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans.

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