President Barack Obama and Ruby Bridges Talking Together

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Description

This image was posted in a tweet from Valerie Jarrett (@vj44) on February 18, 2015. The original post reads: #BlackHistoryMonth: Ruby Bridges was the 1st black child to attend an all-white public elementary school in the South pic.twitter.com/JZg6CYqk2U

Ruby Bridges became famous as the first African-American child to desegregate the all-White William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, Louisiana. She had to walk past angry protestors in order to enter.

The photograph was taken on July 15, 2011, when Bridges visited the White House. The iconic painting in the background – The Problem We All Live With by Norman Rockwell – shows U.S. Marshals escorting Bridges into her school.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Collection BHO-ERO: Electronic Records of the Office of the President (Obama Administration).

National Archives Identifier: 219775135

Full Citation: President Barack Obama and Ruby Bridges Talking Together; 7/15/2011; Valerie Jarrett’s Twitter Posts, 2012 – 2017; Collection BHO-ERO: Electronic Records of the Office of the President (Obama Administration),; Barack Obama Presidential Library, Hoffman Estates, IL. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/obama-bridges/, February 13, 2026]

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