Saturday morning the cast of the Augusta Junior Players production of “Ruby: The Story of Ruby Bridges” took a walk to put themselves in her shoes. On November 14, 1960, 6-year-old Ruby Bridges was ...

In 1960, a six-year-old African-American girl named Ruby Bridges helped to integrate the all-white schools of New Orleans. Although she was the only black girl to come to the school she was sent ...

WEST LONG BRANCH - Nearly 70 years following the desegregation of the public school system, Ruby Bridges, the first Black ...

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.

At UChicago’s MLK event, civil rights icon recalls integrating New Orleans schools and pleads to protect today’s youth As Ruby Bridges prepared to address a packed Rockefeller Chapel on Jan. 29, black ...

Ruby Bridges was just six years old when she became the first Black ... remarks from President Paul Alivisatos and performances by Uniting Voices Chicago. It is free and open to the public. The 35th ...

The University held the 35th annual Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Commemoration Celebration at Rockefeller Chapel on January 29 with featured speaker Ruby Bridges, a civil rights activist who, at the ...

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 ...

Starting this weekend that leads into Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Prime Stage Theatre is mounting a production of “Look Forward: The Ruby Bridges Story,” written by Natalia Temesgen.

The year is 1960. A shy, smart 6-year-old named Ruby Bridges becomes the first African American student to attend a formerly whites-only grade school in New Orleans. Escorted to class by U.S ...

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 icon ...