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 ...

It wasn’t until 1960 that a six-year-old girl named Ruby Bridges courageously ... an alternative for low-income Black students. Their school prioritized Black history in its curriculum and ...

And on March 6, civil rights icon Ruby Bridges is set to join the ranks ... aside to warn her that the class would be discussing Black history. Gaither could not recall if she and her fellow ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — WGNO is privileged to celebrate Black history and culture with our ... On Nov. 14, 1960, four little girls by the name of Ruby Bridges, Leona Tate, Gail Etienne and Tessie ...

“We do have a Black History Month. We have a Martin Luther ... each of the last two years proclaiming Nov. 14 as Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day in Kansas. But the Legislature has not moved ...

"What's great is when they learn something about Black history and then the parents come back and say ... Black student to attend an all-white school, about 65 years ago: Ruby Bridges. "And I'm like, ...

Ruby Bridges, who made history at age six when she walked into ... divided by longstanding tradition into separate schools for black and white students. Her walk into the William Frantz Elementary ...