Ruby Bridges, civil rights icon, tells Kansas students to reject racist line of thought
Ruby Bridges, a civil rights icon known for walking among the first group of students to desegregate New Orleans public schools in 1960, on Thursday told an auditorium full of Kansas students, “You cannot believe that you can only trust people who look like you.
Kansas City, Kansas students celebrate civil rights activist Ruby Bridges
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Courage, kindness and bravery are all words used to describe civil rights activist, Ruby Bridges. On Thursday, students at Quindaro Elementary followed in her footsteps by walking around the school’s track.
Ruby Bridges visits Topeka on anniversary of civil rights milestone
On Thursday, students from across Kansas got to experience living history, as civil rights icon Ruby Bridges visited the Capital City for Walk to School Day. What started as a local kindergarten class taking a symbolic walk has transformed into an event ...
Ruby Bridges makes a trip to Kansas, students honor her by walking to school
Students throughout Kansas honored a special day in history by walking to school. On Nov. 14, 1960, Ruby Bridges became one of the first Black students to integrate a school in the South.
Ruby Bridges walk unites Marin students in civil rights history
Bahia Vista Elementary School students took to the streets in San Rafael’s Canal neighborhood on Thursday to mark a moment in the civil rights movement. The event celebrates the life of
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Miami-Dade students honor civil rights activists Ruby Bridges by participating in Walk to School Day event
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How Ruby Bridges made school integration history at 6, while racists screamed at her
WEST LONG BRANCH - Nearly 70 years following the desegregation of the public school system, Ruby Bridges, the first Black student to integrate an all-white elementary school alone in New Orleans ...
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Ruby Ridge, Part One: Suspicion
This three-part narrative draws directly from the transcripts of those interviews ... who had been with Ruby Bridges, the bravest little girl in the world, when she walked to school in New ...
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Ruby Bridges to be in Topeka on anniversary of day she made Civil Rights history
Sixty-four years ago next month, U.S. Marshals accompanied Ruby Bridges as the 6-year-old walked past crowds of jeering white people to become one of the first Black children to attend an all ...
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New Orleans marks with parade the 64th anniversary of 4 little girls integrating city schools
Federal marshals were needed then to escort Tessie Prevost Williams, Leona Tate, Gail Etienne and Ruby Bridges to school while white mobs opposing desegregation shouted, cursed and threw rocks.
Tessie Prevost Williams, heroine of school desegregation, dies at 69
Reflecting on the attention accorded to Bridges and often denied to the McDonogh students, Devlin said in an interview ...