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

While Ruby Bridges became a household name for integrating William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, Gail Etienne, Leona Tate, and Tessie Prevost faced large crowds of angry protesters as ...

Second grade became much worse because Ms. Henry was no longer her teacher. Yet, Bridges persevered. Ruby eventually graduated, worked as a travel agent, and had four kids of her own.

In 2021, the U.S. earned a C-minus overall. The investments made since then are just a fraction of the $9.1 trillion that the civil engineers group estimates is needed to bring all of the nation ...

Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated a school in Louisiana and made history, spoke at Cal State Long Beach on Wednesday, March 19.

Ruby Bridges was a 6-year-old first grader in November 1960 when she had to be escorted by federal marshals as the first Black student in her all-white public elementary school in New Orleans.

I'm just curious as that 6-year-old girl, 7-year-old going from first to second grade, how you were feeling, just as we talked about in the introduction there, not only did the white parents pull ...

At the age of 6, Bridges became the first African American child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans. Her first day at the school was on Nov. 14, 1960.

Orchard, $19.99; ISBN 978-1-338-75394-3. A year after becoming the first Black child to integrate William Frantz Elementary School, a young Ruby Bridges approaches second grade with anticipation.

On Bridges’ second day at William Frantz, a white Methodist minister, Lloyd Foreman, broke the boycott and walked his 5-year-old daughter Pam into the building, which led to protests slowly ...