The Problem We All Live With is a 1964 painting by Norman Rockwell that
is considered an iconic image of the Civil Rights Movement in the United
States. 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. Because
of threats of violence against her, she is escorted by four deputy U.S.
marshals; the painting is framed so that the marshals' heads are cropped at
the shoulders. On the wall behind her are written the racial slur "nigger" and
the letters "KKK"; a smashed and splattered tomato thrown against the wall is
also visible.