Ms. BRIDGES: There were times when I was afraid because on occasion the crowd would bring a box, and this box was actually a baby's coffin. And they would put this black doll inside of the coffin.

A photo authentically shows segregationists in the 1960s carrying a coffin with a baby doll inside it to harass 6-year-old Ruby Bridges.

The groundbreaking Ruby Bridges is telling her most personal story yet. To mark today’s release (Sept 6.) of her new children’s book, the award-winning author has a poignant message for the kids.

Ruby Bridges was only 6 years old when she was thrust into the headlines by breaking the color barrier, becoming one of the first Black students in an all-white elementary school in New Orleans ...

In her new children's book, I Am Ruby Bridges, civil rights activist Ruby Bridges tells the story of how she was the first black child to desegregate an all-white elementary school – through the ...

On Nov. 14, 1960, 6-year-old Ruby Bridges put on a starched dress and new shoes and walked, accompanied by four U.S. Marshals through a torrent of hate to get to school.

Ruby Bridges, who desegregated New Orleans schools as a 6-year-old in 1960, shares why it's important for kids today to learn and understand her story.

Ruby Bridges was a 6-year-old first-grader when she walked past jeering crowds of white people to become one of the first Black students at racially segregated schools in New Orleans more than six ...

Ruby Bridges was a 6-year-old first grader in November 1960 when she had to be escorted by federal marshals as the first Black student in her all-white public elementary school in New Orleans.

The real Ruby Bridges, the 6-year-old girl who desegrated a Louisiana school, went on to become a civil rights activist. (Photo by Vivien Kililea/Getty Images) ...

Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges says she may not have made it through her first year of integrating her all-white public elementary school in 1960, if not for a first grade teacher who became her ...