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

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 ...

Path to Integration Before a first-grader named Ruby Bridges entered that school ... had been a segregated institution for its 129-year history until February 1963, when 11 black students ...

It was sad that the parents would not have their kids with her ... While focused on Ruby Bridges, I hope that during Black History Month children of all races learn about Black contributions ...

Bridges made history at 6-years-old when she walked into an all-White grade school in Louisiana, surrounded by federal ...

And on March 6, civil rights icon Ruby Bridges is ... with some of the same issues Bridges faced as a child. The speech could also shed light on Frederick’s own history of racial segregation ...