Ruby Bridges Painting White House

Official white house photo by pete souza.

Ruby bridges painting white house.

The loan was requested this year by president barack obama in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of ruby bridges history changing walk integrating the william frantz public school. It depicts ruby bridges a six year old african american girl on her way to william frantz elementary school an all white public school on november 14 1960 during the new orleans school desegregation crisis. President barack obama ruby bridges and representatives of the norman rockwell museum view rockwell s the problem we all live with hanging in a west wing hallway near the oval office july 15 2011. The problem we all live with is a 1964 painting by norman rockwell it is considered an iconic image of the civil rights movement in the united states.

As he and ruby bridges gazed at the painting the pair couldn t help but marvel at the situation. As testament to its significance president barack obama had the problem we all live with temporarily installed in the white house in 2011. A video released by the white house shows president obama and bridges standing in front of the. The work was inspired by the story of bridges and her struggle to integrate new orleans public schools in november of 1960.

She is the subject of a 1964 painting the problem we all live with by norman rockwell. Ruby bridges visited the white house to see how a painting commemorating her personal and historic milestone looks hanging on the wall outside of the oval of. Norman rockwell museum announces the loan of norman rockwell s iconic painting the problem we all live with part of its permanent collection to the white house where it will be exhibited through october 31. The racism and violence that bridges faced was the subject of the iconic 1964 painting the problem we all live with which former president barack obama installed in the white house in the hallway.

She was the first african american child to desegregate the all white william frantz elementary school in louisiana during the new orleans school desegregation crisis on 14 november 1960. Ruby nell bridges hall born september 8 1954 is an american civil rights activist.