Ruby Bridges attended William Frantz Elementary School in 1960 as part of the desegregation efforts in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was one of the first African American children to integrate a white school in the South following the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, which declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional. Her attendance was a significant step in the Civil Rights Movement, symbolizing the fight against racial segregation and promoting equal education opportunities for all children.
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