Fifty-four years ago, Ruby Bridges walked up the six stairs into William Frantz Elementary in the 9th Ward, past furious protesters, to integrate the New Orleans public school. Now, she ...

Advocate staff photo by ANDREA MABRY -- Ruby Bridges greets Norman Francis, president of Xavier University, before a statue of Bridges' likeness is unveiled at the school they integrated, formerly ...

A statue of a young Ruby Bridges is now is a permanent fixture at the school. The little girl walked alone into William Franz with federal Marshals on the first day of court-ordered integration on ...

Ruby Bridges speaks during in interview with the Associated Press in New Orleans, Friday, Nov. 14, 2014. The civil rights pioneer said America today looks a lot like the world […] ...

U.S. Deputy Marshals escort 6-year-old Ruby Bridges from William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, in this November 1960. In 2014 a statue in her likeness was unveiled on the campus.

Ruby Bridges Desegregates a School. On the road to Civil Rights, even children became public figures, such as six-year-old Ruby Bridges, who integrated an all-white elementary school in New ...

RUBY BRIDGES: I had no idea that it was going to be a white school. It wasn't something that my parents explained to me. As a matter of fact, the only thing they said is, Ruby, you're going to go ...

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.