People who work in government offices get all kinds of flak, often unfairly. Columnist Ed Pratt tells the story of one civil ...

6-year-old Ruby Bridges was surrounded by loved ones and her New Orleans community, unaware of the significance of what she was about to do. During the height of the Civil Rights Movement and ...

At UChicago’s MLK event, civil rights icon recalls integrating New Orleans schools and pleads to protect today’s youth ...

If you have Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend off and are looking for ways to celebrate his legacy, you won't want to miss the chance to hear Ruby Bridges speak in Spartanburg. The civil rights ...

SPARTANBURG — Ruby Bridges, the first Black child to ... the hate she experienced during those tumultuous times. The Civil Rights Era icon shared her experiences with an audience at Spartanburg ...

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Ruby Bridges, a civil rights activist, will be speaking in Spartanburg at the annual MLK Community Celebration. Bridges was the first Black student to integrate ...

Bridges spoke at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel about her experience as the first Black student to attend her elementary school.

Her involvement with civil Rights didn't stop in 1960. Bridges later established the Ruby Bridges Foundation, which aims to help younger generations on their way to a better and more peaceful future.

I moved to China from the US to be a teacher. My $4,000 monthly salary went much further, but there were tradeoffs.