Ruby Bridges, who desegregated New Orleans schools as a 6-year-old in 1960, ... "Our babies come into the world with a very unique gift, and that is a clean heart.

On Nov. 14, 1960, 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 ...

FILE - U.S. Deputy Marshals escort 6-year-old Ruby Bridges from William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, in this November 1960, file photo. On Friday, Nov. 14, 2014, ...

Civil Rights Icon Ruby Bridges Responds to Meme Showing Kamala Harris Walking with Her Shadow ... People from across the world sent letters, gifts and donations via the NAACP and other supporters.

Ruby Bridges on the Obamas. Forty-eight years later, sitting in her West Bank home with a handful of friends and family this past November, she watched on television as someone else changed the world.

Civil rights activist Ruby Bridges has written a children's book with a candid telling of the past and positive message for the future, inspired by the Black Lives Matter protests.

Ruby Bridges is only 67 years old February 8, 2022 More than 3 years ago Deputy U.S. marshals escort 6-year-old Ruby Bridges from William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in November 1960.

Ruby Bridges will appear in Topeka on Nov. 14, the 64th anniversary of the day she made Civil Rights history by desegregating a New Orleans school.

Tuesday marks 63 years since Ruby Bridges, then six years old, became the first Black student to attend an all-white elementary school in the South. Students celebrated her legacy with a symbolic ...