{"id":12788,"date":"2024-02-01T14:07:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T18:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/artanddesign\/?p=12788"},"modified":"2024-06-16T17:42:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-16T21:42:52","slug":"john-jay-cabuay-pictures-what-kids-ask-ruby-bridges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/artanddesign\/2024\/02\/01\/john-jay-cabuay-pictures-what-kids-ask-ruby-bridges\/","title":{"rendered":"John Jay Cabuay Pictures What Kids Ask Ruby Bridges"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ruby Bridges with CBS Late Show host Stephen Colbert holding “Dear Ruby” picture book (screen shot)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Iconic activist Ruby Bridges<\/a> has a lot to say about civil rights. A six-year-old second grader in 1960, she was the first and only Black student at William Frantz Elementary School<\/a> in New Orleans. In fact, she was the only student, period:<\/p>\n

The day she arrived, surrounded by federal marshals, parents withdrew their 500 children in protest and fear. In her innocence, she thought the ugly crowd was celebrating Mardi Gras.<\/p>\n

Her latest book, \u201cDear Ruby, Hear Our Hearts\u201d showcases letters she\u2019s received from children, asking about issues ranging from climate change to homelessness. It\u2019s illustrated by Illustration professor and BFA and MFA alum John Jay Cabuay.<\/a> The book is receiving favorable reviews and national media attention. We asked him what it was like to work on this project.<\/p>\n