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 ... the ...
WEST LONG BRANCH - Nearly 70 years following the desegregation of the public school system, Ruby Bridges ... I got into the ...
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 made history at 6-years-old when she walked into an all-White grade school in Louisiana, surrounded by federal marshals.
Republicans on the House Education Committee rejected a bill that would have permanently designated Nov. 14 Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day in Kansas. Screenshot courtesy of the Kansas Legislature ...