A substitute custodian was arrested at Ruby Bridges Elementary School on July 1 after a student reported to her parents that ...

The janitor was booked into Santa Rita Jail on suspicion of public intoxication and annoying or molesting a victim under the ...

Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day is a way for students to honor this young girl’s courage. Her simple, but courageous, act of showing up for school each day played an important part in the Civil ...

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 ...

Ruby Bridges Elementary is a public school located in Alameda, CA, which is in a large suburb setting. The student population of Ruby Bridges Elementary is 425 and the school serves K-5.

ANALYSIS: A federal appeals court may have sided with the White House for now, but historical comparisons to using National ...

In the case of Ruby Bridges, President Eisenhower sent in federal troops to escort her to desegregate her school in 1960, because angry mobs had gathered outside to block the 6-year-old.

The annual event — now in its 17th year — is named for West Point native Lt. Gen. Lewis Burwell “Chesty” Puller, known as the ...

Asha Bandele reflects on ESSENCE and Susan L. Taylor’s work to uplift Black children through the National CARES Mentoring ...

Ruby Bridges, at the tender age of 6, became the first African American student to desegregate William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in 1960. She turned 70 last year.

Gail Etienne, Leona Tate, and Tessie Prevost's story was overshadowed for decades. Hurricane Katrina’s anniversary brings new urgency to their unfinished work.