Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges says she may not have made it through her first year of integrating her all-white public elementary school in 1960, if not for a first grade teacher who became her ...

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

She is also the author of “Through My Eyes,” “This Is Your Time,” “I Am Ruby Bridges,” “Dear Ruby,” “Hear Our Hearts” and the just released “A Talk with My Teacher.” ...

But she courageously walked past angry crowds to enter her first grade, escorted by federal marshals. In her latest book, "Ruby Bridges: A Talk with My Teacher," she shares a personal story about the ...

Ruby Bridges, who made history at age six when she walked into a grade school in Louisiana surrounded ... and all but one teacher refused to show up for work. Eventually, the students returned ...