Who is she?
She was a young african american girl who grew up in legally segregated New Orleans and was very smart. She was smart enough to go to a local white school at age 6, but she was the only one who did at the one particular school. There were riots and protests that the parents of the white parents had because they didn't want integration. Many white parents took their kids out of that school. Ruby stayed at the school despite the threats, and schools later started to become more integrated.
What time frame did she grow up?
She grew up in the 1950's and 1960's when there was segregation before/during the Civil Rights' movement.
What is significant about her life? She graduated from an integrated high school in a time and place that did not allow integration.
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