Ruby is remembered for her role in desegregating ... exceptional and has dramatically impacted the United States. Bridges’ childhood shaped her decision to become active in the Civil Rights ...

Thousands of students across California walked to school Tuesday to commemorate civil rights hero Ruby Bridges. Bridges was 6 years old in 1960 when she integrated William Frantz Elementary School in ...

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

In the 1960s, Ruby Bridges became the first African-American student to integrate into an entirely white public school system in New Orleans. She joins Charlayne Hunter-Gault, who followed in ...