Ruby Bridges is an iconic figure in the history of civil rights in America. Born on September 8, 1954, in Tylertown, Mississippi, Ruby became, at six years old, the first African American child to ...

Bridges attended classes alone for a full year, with only Henry there to teach her. "She filled my day with things to do," Bridges said on TODAY. "She made school fun.

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 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 ...

A film about a Black first grader who integrated an all-White elementary school in the South is under review in a Florida school district after a parent objected to the movie’s use of slurs and ...

Bridges attended classes alone for a full year, with only Henry there to teach her. "She filled my day with things to do," Bridges said on TODAY. "She made school fun.

Ruby Bridges will appear in Topeka on ... had to spend her first day in the principal's office and spent her first year as the only member of a one-person class taught by Barbara Henry, a white ...

Ruby Bridges will appear in Topeka on Nov. 14, the 64th anniversary of the day she made Civil Rights history by desegregating a New Orleans school.

Civil rights activist Ruby Bridges shares insights from her latest book, "Ruby Bridges: A Talk With My Teacher." She reflects on her experiences as a young girl integrating an all-white school ...

In November 1960, three 6-year-old Black girls climbed 18 steps into history, forever changing the face of American education ...

The entire year, Bridges remained the only student in her class. Parents pulled their students out of school, and teachers quit. Barbara Henry, a white teacher from Boston, was the only one willing to ...

Bridges attended classes alone for a full year, with only Henry there to teach her. "She filled my day with things to do," Bridges said on TODAY. "She made school fun.