September 8, 1954 – Civil rights icon, Ruby Bridges was born in Tylertown, Mississippi. At 6 years-old, Bridges was the first African American child to integrate a White Southern elementary school, William Frantz School, having to be escorted to class by her mother and U.S. marshals due to violent protest in November 14, 1960. The image of this small Black girl being escorted to school by four large White men inspired Norman Rockwell’s painting “The Problem We All Must Live With.” The painting graced the cover of Look magazine in 1964. (Courtesy Photo)