Civil rights activist and philanthropist Ruby Bridges discussed her life story — including integrating an elementary school — and the importance of remembering history in front of Long Beach students ...

Bridges was 6 years old in 1960 when she integrated William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans. U.S. marshals had to escort Ruby and her mother to school through an angry crowd of people who didn ...

Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges says she ... "She filled my day with things to do," Bridges said on TODAY. "She made school fun. I enjoyed learning. Even though the crowd was outside screaming ...

Ruby Bridges, who made history at age six when she ... her journey to school that first day was met with an angry mob of white Southerners who shouted, catcalled and threw things.

Ruby Bridges, who made history at age six when she ... her journey to school that first day was met with an angry mob of white Southerners who shouted, catcalled and threw things.

Ruby Bridges, who made history at age six when she walked into ... her journey to school that first day was met with an angry mob of white Southerners who shouted, catcalled and threw things. She ...