Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated a school in Louisiana and made history, spoke at Cal State ...

Images of Bridges being escorted by federal marshals into a New Orleans public school became a stark visual depiction of the ...

We do not protect children, adolescents, or students by denying them access to books. We harm them, and our country, writes a law professor and leader of the Rhode Island Freedom to Read Coalition.

As an adult, Bridges established a foundation dedicated to educating young people about racism and other forms of bullying. She is also the author of several books, including “Ruby Bridges ...

When Quintard Taylor launched BlackPast in 2007, he didn’t realize attacks on history would make the site as necessary as it ...

A nonprofit puts on a living museum to honor Black and brown women in history in Green Bay Thursday. NBC 26 learned more ...

In 2017, the recognition came. Columbia Room won Best American Cocktail Bar at the Spirited Awards—the Oscars of ...

U.S. Deputy Marshals escort 6-year-old Ruby Bridges from William Frantz Elementary ... You can delve further into their legacies through films, books, and cultural institutions like the National ...

open image in gallery Treda Collier Dickenman says parents fought her plan to introduce students to a book about Ruby Bridges, who desegregated a Louisiana school, saying they didn’t want their ...