While focused on Ruby Bridges, I hope that during Black History Month children of all races learn about Black contributions to America as inventors, writers, athletes, politicians, educators ...

WEST LONG BRANCH - Nearly 70 years following the desegregation of the public school system, Ruby Bridges, the first Black ...

Ruby Bridges played an important role in garnering civil rights for Black community members by ... and honor the people involved in our school’s history. This event will help connect student ...

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

Ruby Bridges’ story is one of bravery, determination, and the fight for equal rights. At just six years old, Ruby became a ...

Path to Integration Before a first-grader named Ruby Bridges entered that ... institution for its 129-year history until February 1963, when 11 black students enrolled. They arrived after a ...

Gwen Partridge, or Mrs. Gwen to her pre-K students, walked around her homemade Black History Museum at the YMCA Immanuel ... about 65 years ago: Ruby Bridges. “And I’m like, ‘She was little, just like ...

Republicans on the House Education Committee rejected a bill that would have permanently designated Nov. 14 Ruby Bridges Walk ... “We do have a Black History Month. We have a Martin Luther ...

Columbia Middle School sixth-grader Ayisha Beausejour won a statewide essay contest for Black History Month. Ayisha’s essay highlighting the legacy of Black leaders such as Ruby Bridges and ...