At UChicago’s MLK event, civil rights icon recalls integrating New Orleans schools and pleads to protect today’s youth ...

My parents didn't teach me anything about racism ... Problem We All Live With," in Robert Coles’ book "The Story of Ruby ...

It wasn't by chance that Ruby was the first. More than 60 years later, Bridges holds dear the friendships she created with those who helped her along the way. Her parents gave her the ...

Path to Integration Before a first-grader named Ruby Bridges entered that school ... A local citizens' council called on white parents to boycott the schools, with one leader of the organization ...

Ruby Cunningham Bridges, 91, left us to go to her Heavenly Home on Saturday, February, 1, 2025. Her family will receive ...

Ruby Bridges was just six years old when she became the first ... Bridges became the first and only Black student to attend William Frantz Elementary School. White parents removed their children in ...

Bridges spoke at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel about her experience as the first Black student to attend her elementary school.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - On Saturday, people, young and old, gathered at the Lucy C. Laney Memorial Stadium to pay tribute ...

Ruby Bridges’ quotes reflect her resilience ... Her first day was spent in the principal’s office because angry parents ...

But Bridges was courageous far beyond her years ... Joylette Portlock and Richard McBridge play Ruby’s parents, Lucille and Abon. Portlock is the picture of maternal love and care, but she ...