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

WEST LONG BRANCH - Nearly 70 years following the desegregation of the public school system, Ruby Bridges ... and have fun. I ...

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 attend an all-White elementary school in New Orleans, credits her family and faith with overcoming the hate she experienced during those ...

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.

Ruby Bridges was just six years old when she became the first Black student to integrate an all-white New Orleans’ public school alone in 1960. Flanked by U.S. marshals, the world watched as she ...

Ruby Bridges’ story is one of bravery, determination, and the fight for equal rights. At just six years old, Ruby became a powerful symbol of the civil rights movement when she became the first ...

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 ...

When Ruby Bridges was 6-years-old, the civil rights movement came hammering at her door… making her the first African ...

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.

Ruby Bridges will speak during the community celebration at 3 p.m. Jan. 19 at Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium. Bridges was the first Black student to integrate an all-White elementary school in ...

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 ...