Activist Ruby Bridges joined a handful of other civil rights leaders over the weekend to celebrate fashion and Black history at Actively Black's New York Fashion Week runway show.

The 71 year old, who at 6 became one of the first Black students to integrate schools in New Orleans , strutted across the stage at Sony Hall on Friday in a hoodie dress made by the Black-owned athleticwear company.

Bridges took the stage along with Dr. Bernice King, the daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr.; Ilyasah Shabazz, daughter of Malcom X; and Hassie Benjamin Haith Jr., creator of the Juneteenth flag.

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As a first-grader in 1960, Bridges — along with other "New Orleans Four" members Tessie Prevost, Gail Etienne, and

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