“In a shameful echo of a darker period in this country’s history,” the letter reads, “many American schools and universities even encourage segregation by race at graduation ceremonies and ...

He placed a portrait of Michael Brown in his high school graduation cap on one side ... one of Lugo’s “Greek-like” pots shows a 6-year-old Ruby Bridges being escorted to an all-white school behind a ...

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

Bridges' latest book details her reunion with educator Barbara Henry. Civil rights activist Ruby Bridges shares insights from her latest book, "Ruby Bridges: A Talk With My Teacher." She reflects ...

And on March 6, civil rights icon Ruby Bridges is set to join the ranks with her appearance at the Weinberg Center for the Arts in downtown Frederick. Born in Mississippi in 1954, Bridges and her ...

Ruby Bridges, who in November 1960 became the first Black student to integrate at her all-white New Orleans public elementary school when she was only six years old, joins TODAY to share her new ...

The bill would designate Nov. 14 as "Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day" in Kansas. Kansas House committee votes down permanent Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day On Nov. 14, 1960, Bridges, a six-year ...

Over the course of 12 seasons, the Frederick Speaker Series has featured a number of trailblazing Black Americans. During the 2016 season, there was Bryan Stevenson, who began his education at a ...

Born in 1889 to former slaves, Webster was part of the first free generation of African Americans in the U.S. She earned an ...

No matter what Mikal Bridges things of his minutes with the New York Knicks, he no doubt enjoyed the final second of his most recent metropolitan excursion. Bridges capped off an eventful day in ...