Ruby Bridges, who in November 1960 became the first Black student to integrate at her all-white New Orleans public elementary school when she was only six years old, joins TODAY to share her new ...

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.

plus a Ruby Bridges coloring page at the side of the biography research area. Basic Information Early Life Major Contributions Impact on Society Ruby Bridges was born in 1954, the same year the U ...

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

Northshore School District’s Cathi Davis, Principal of Ruby Bridges Elementary, was named Washington State Principal of the ...