Ruby Bridges visits Wellesley to share story of her historic role in racial integration

Ruby Bridges, an American activist known for being the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in the South, visited Tenacre Country Day School in Wellesley last week to speak with 4th, 5th and 6th graders. Bridges spoke to the students for about 2 hours, recalling that historic day in New Orleans in 1960, but also discussing more recent events. There’s now an elementary school, in California, bearing Bridges’ name.