ABC News’ Linsey Davis speaks with civil rights activist Ruby Bridges about her latest book, “Ruby Bridges: A Talk With My ...

Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges details her friendship with retired teacher Barbara Henry, who is the subject of her new ...

People who work in government offices get all kinds of flak, often unfairly. Columnist Ed Pratt tells the story of one civil ...

Path to Integration Before a first-grader named Ruby Bridges entered that school, the state of Louisiana had tried to stop her and other black students from enrolling in all-white schools.

Ruby Bridges was a 6-year-old Black child when she was first to attend a formerly whites-only grade school in Louisiana in November 1960. She had to be ...

In 1960, a six-year-old African-American girl named Ruby Bridges helped to integrate the all-white schools of New Orleans. Although she was the only black girl to come to the school she was sent ...

The parties reached a settlement in February 1959. The Harlem 9’s children would not enroll in the schools for which they were zoned. Nor would they be able to engage in “open choice” – the parents’ ...

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

I probably would be shocked by the low number of affirmative responses of both White students and students of color. While focused on Ruby Bridges, I hope that during Black History Month children ...