Civil rights activist and philanthropist Ruby Bridges discussed her life story — including integrating an elementary school — and the importance of remembering history in front of Long Beach students ...

Images of Bridges being escorted by federal marshals into a New Orleans public school became a stark visual depiction of the ...

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 ...

Ruby Bridges, who made history at age six when ... During the era when civil rights came to the forefront of America, her journey to school that first day was met with an angry mob of white ...

Over the course of 12 seasons, the Frederick Speaker Series has featured a number of trailblazing Black Americans. During the 2016 season, there was Bryan Stevenson, who began his education at a ...