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Ruby Bridges was just six years old in 1960 when she became the first Black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans. 
She was escorted by four federal marshals and greeted by a mob of angry white protesters. 
Today, Bridges is a civil rights activist and author, and she is sharing her experience with a new generation of kids in her latest children's book, I Am Ruby Bridges. 
Bridges tells her story through the eyes of her six-year-old self and talks about what today's children can learn from her experience.
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The Civil Rights Activist Sharing Her Story With A New Generation