How Ruby Bridges made school integration history at 6, while racists screamed at her
WEST LONG BRANCH - Nearly 70 years following the desegregation of the public school system, Ruby Bridges, the first Black ...
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Lucille Bridges, Mom to Civil Rights Activist Ruby Bridges, Dies at 86: 'A Champion for Change'
Lucille Bridges pushed to have Ruby attend the previously all-white William Frantz Elementary School so that Ruby would have better educational opportunities than she did Rachel DeSantis is a ...
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Ruby Bridges and Integration of New Orleans Schools
When Bridges, who was guarded by marshals, arrived, she encountered mobs of white parents, who shouted racial epithets and threats.
Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges to speak in Long Beach on Wednesday
Bridges made history at 6-years-old when she walked into an all-White grade school in Louisiana, surrounded by federal ...
Ruby Bridges discusses her new book, teacher who changed her life
Civil rights activist Ruby Bridges shares insights from her latest book, "Ruby Bridges: A Talk With My Teacher." She reflects ...
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Students walk to school today to honor Ruby Bridges
Thousands of students across California walked to school Tuesday to commemorate civil rights hero Ruby Bridges. Bridges was 6 years old in 1960 when she integrated William Frantz Elementary School in ...
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Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges shares her story at CSULB
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 ...