where did ruby bridges go to school
Ruby Bridges attended William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, Louisiana, where she became the first African American child to desegregate an all‑white public elementary school in the South in 1960.
Early schooling
- She started kindergarten at a segregated Black school several miles from her home.
- In 1960, after passing a city‑wide test for desegregation, she enrolled in first grade at William Frantz Elementary , an all‑white school just blocks from her house.
Later schools
- She finished her elementary years at William Frantz and then attended Francis T. Nicholls High School , an integrated school in New Orleans, from which she graduated.
- After high school she studied travel and tourism at Kansas City Business School (also called Kansas City Business College in some sources), later working as a travel agent for American Express.
Quick reference table
Level| School| Notes
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Kindergarten| Segregated Black school (New Orleans)| Several miles from home.
13
1st–elementary| William Frantz Elementary School| First Black student;
desegregated the school in 1960. 1310
High school| Francis T. Nicholls High School| Integrated public high
school in New Orleans. 13
Post‑secondary| Kansas City Business School| Studied travel and tourism;
became a travel agent. 134
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