Bridges made history at 6-years-old when she walked into an all-White grade school in Louisiana, surrounded by federal ...

Photos from the time showing white mobs hurling ... Problem We All Live With," in Robert Coles’ book "The Story of Ruby ...

And on March 6, civil rights icon Ruby Bridges is set to join the ranks with her appearance at the Weinberg Center for the Arts in downtown Frederick. Born in Mississippi in 1954, Bridges and her ...

Path to Integration Before a first-grader named Ruby Bridges entered that school, the state of Louisiana had tried to stop her and other black students from enrolling in all-white schools.