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Ruby Bridges will make her return to the National Civil Rights Museum for her annual reading festival, held on the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board decision.
Ruby Bridges will make her return to the National Civil Rights Museum for her annual reading festival, held on the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board decision. On May 17, Bridges ...
In 1996, “The Wonderful World of Disney” premiered the made-for-TV movie “Ruby Bridges,” a true-life story about the 6-year-old girl who helped desegregate a Louisiana elementary school in ...
Ruby Bridges was a 6-year-old first-grader when she walked past jeering crowds of white people to become one of the first Black students at racially segregated schools in New Orleans more than six ...
Bridges' remarkable journey of resilience and eventual triumph is told in Prime Stage Theatre's presentation of Look Forward: The Ruby Bridges Story running for seven shows at New Hazlett Theater.
On Nov. 14, 1960, 6-year-old Ruby Bridges put on a starched dress and new shoes and walked, accompanied by four U.S. Marshals through a torrent of hate to get to school.
Civil rights activist Ruby Bridges shares insights from her latest book, "Ruby Bridges: A Talk With My Teacher." She reflects on her experiences as a young girl integrating an all-white school ...
RUBY BRIDGES: I had no idea that it was going to be a white school. It wasn't something that my parents explained to me. As a matter of fact, the only thing they said is, Ruby, you're going to go ...
Ruby Bridges, who desegregated New Orleans schools as a 6-year-old in 1960, shares why it's important for kids today to learn and understand her story. The civil rights icon desegregated a ...