Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges remembers the day she desegregated New Orleans school
Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges visited Topeka to commemorate the anniversary of the day she desegregated a school in the Deep South.
10 Folsom Cordova schools to celebrate Ruby Bridges, a civil rights activist, by walking to school
On Nov. 14, 1960, Ruby Bridges walked to school in New Orleans with U.S. Marshals agents after desegregation. Folsom Cordova Unified observes this 64 years later.
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.
Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges visits Kansas to celebrate desegregation
During the height of the Civil Rights Movement and living in a post-Brown v. Board of Education world, Bridges was among more than 100 students to volunteer to be the first Black children to integrate white schools. Though when the day came, Ruby would become known for walking her path alone.
Students honor Ruby Bridges on ‘Walk to School Day’
By Kathy Chouteau Sixty-four years ago today, six-year-old Ruby Bridges walked into William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans and took her place in the history books, becoming the first […]
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
Ruby Bridges visits Topeka on anniversary of civil rights milestone
The black and white pictures in history books can make it seem like civil rights happened a long time ago but many of the people within those pages are still with us today– and so is their activism. On Thursday,
Students in San Jose commemorate the 1960 Ruby Bridges walk
Students gathered at San Jose City Hall Thursday morning as part of Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day, a national commemoration of the historic Civil Rights moment.
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.
Havasu Preparatory Academy honors civil rights figure on Ruby Bridges Day
School integration expanded following the 1954 Supreme Court ruling that outlawed racial segregation in schools.
Photos: TUSD schools hold 'walk-in day' celebrating civil rights icon Ruby Bridges
Dozens of students at Miles Exploratory Learning Center, a K-8 school in the Tucson Unified School District, celebrated the civil rights legacy of Ruby Bridges with a "walk-in" day Thursday morning.
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Ruby Bridges: The Biggest Little Hero
Ruby Bridges is an iconic figure in the history of civil rights in America. Born on September 8, 1954, in Tylertown, ...
‘Ruby went first’: Watch ‘walking school bus’ of Tacoma kids honor civil-rights pioneer
On Nov. 14, 1960, Bridges became the first Black student to attend a formerly all-white school in New Orleans. Angry ...
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How Ruby Bridges made school integration history at 6, while racists screamed at her
She established the Ruby Bridges Foundation to provide leadership ... When you're covering up history and you're banning books, you're covering up what they did as well. I know that," Bridges ...