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 ...

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

Republicans on the House Education Committee rejected a bill that would have permanently designated Nov. 14 Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day in Kansas. Screenshot courtesy of the Kansas Legislature ...

The bill would designate Nov. 14 as "Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day" in Kansas. Kansas House committee votes down permanent Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day On Nov. 14, 1960, Bridges, a six-year ...

And on March 6, civil rights icon Ruby Bridges is set to join the ... at the city’s William Frantz Elementary School. The backlash to Bridges’ enrollment at the school was severe.